I am planning to have my hair transplant surgery (strip procedure). I am trying to hide this matter from friends and family members and will rent a room for 10 days after surgery. How many days would be required to hide hair transplant signs such as scabs, swelling, redness small implanted hairs or any other odd thing so that no one notices my surgery. This would help me to plan my off days from friends and brothers/sisters. Thank you.
July 3, 2014
Answer: Hiding a hair transplant from others The answer depends on how much "existing" hair a patient has. If a patient has a lot of existing hair, and the temples or recipient areas is being thickened up- many patients can go back to work in 2-3 days without anyone knowingIf a patient is quite bald, the grafts & crusting are visible for 2-3 weeks. Swelling (if it occurs) goes away by day 4-6. A small number of grafts might still be seem by day 21 but not in all patients. Patients with darker colored skin can often more easily camouflage the changes than patients eith lighter colored hair.
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July 3, 2014
Answer: Hiding a hair transplant from others The answer depends on how much "existing" hair a patient has. If a patient has a lot of existing hair, and the temples or recipient areas is being thickened up- many patients can go back to work in 2-3 days without anyone knowingIf a patient is quite bald, the grafts & crusting are visible for 2-3 weeks. Swelling (if it occurs) goes away by day 4-6. A small number of grafts might still be seem by day 21 but not in all patients. Patients with darker colored skin can often more easily camouflage the changes than patients eith lighter colored hair.
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February 25, 2016
Answer: Hiding a hair transplant IF the doctor does follicular unit grafting and washes it vigorously according to a routine that is well established, I have had patients routinely undetectable within 4 days when the frontal hairline is done or even within a day if combing allows a cover-up. Notice the man in the web reference combs his hair forward to cover the transplants.
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February 25, 2016
Answer: Hiding a hair transplant IF the doctor does follicular unit grafting and washes it vigorously according to a routine that is well established, I have had patients routinely undetectable within 4 days when the frontal hairline is done or even within a day if combing allows a cover-up. Notice the man in the web reference combs his hair forward to cover the transplants.
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