Blood thinners after hair transplant?

Hello, you can use blood thinners 3 - 4 days after hair transplant. Before that, you need to avoid using blood thinners.

Hello Douglasfunee, Thank you for your interesting question regarding blood thinners after hair transplant. I wonder why you would consider blood thinners after hair transplant? Unless you are a high risk for blood clots, there is no conclusive medical data which shows that blood thinners are beneficial after hair transplant. If dispensed appropriately, blood thinners are safe. Blood thinners do not significantly improve blood flow to the scalp. Ii hope I have answered your question about blood thinners and hair transplant. Sincerely, Dr. J. Timothy Katzen

BLOOD thinners are not part of standard practice. Perhaps you are referring to something else. A hair transplant is nothing more than a giant wound healing phenomenon. We wound the scalp and take hairs from here to there and then we let it heal. Do one try to find a doctor to prescribe blood thinners after one cuts their arm or leg or scrapes their knee? No. Blood thinners should be left out of the plan for healthy people without underlying medical conditions that require them.

So with my hospitalist hat on, I would emphatically say that using blood thinners to increase blood flow is wrong. That's not how it works- since your blood is not actually thinner- just appears that way in the lab since it takes longer to clot. If you are on blood thinners for other reasons, then of course we have to plan when to stop and resume knowing the risks associated with doing so. But just taking it to improve healing does not make sense to me and I would advise against it.