If I stop smoking before and after my hair transplant do grafts stay many years?

Listen to Mr. Mackey ... Drugs are bad.. ok.. Smoking is bad okIf you made an investment in surgery to look better, you should make an investment not to jeopardize the results.  There is no absolute rule of how smoking may affect your transplanted hair, but it can't be good.

Dear saturday99Thanks for the question. Smoking reduces the blood circulation and this can effect the hair grow of the new hair. We know that stopping smoking is not easy for the patients and this is why we recommend to consume not more than 5 cigarettes per day if the patient can not stop. I wish you all the best.

Heavy smokers have been seen to have reduced blood flow to their capillaries. This affects nutrient delivery to the skin and to the hair follicles. If you are a heavy smoker, the survival rate of your transplanted grafts may be lower than average.

It is believed that smoking affects the amount of proper blood flow to the transplanted grafts. Therefore patients are recommended to avoid smoking or limit smoking prior to the surgery and particularly one week after the procedure. During this period, revascularization occurs for grafts to survive and grow and receive its nutrient by diffusion. Thus, it is of great importance to ensure adequate oxygen and nutrient for the transplanted grafts by avoid smoking during this process

Smoking can be detrimental to the outcome of hair transplants.There has yet to be any carefully conducted studies on outcomes in patients who smoke. Many patients who smoke have successful hair transplants. However, a small proportion have poorer growth. Nicotine decreases blood flow to the scalp by constricting blood vessels. The ability of blood to carry oxygen is reduced on account of the carbon monoxide in the blood. These factors increase the chance of poor wound healing and increase the chance of infection, scarring and overall poor growth. When it comes to stopping smoking, it's clear that the longer one abstains the better. Stopping one month before is better than one week before and two months is probably even better. The optimal times have yet to be thoroughly studied. In general, stopping smoking at least 1 week prior to hair transplant surgery and restarting no sooner than 2 weeks after the procedure provides appears to provide significant benefit.Individuals who smoke should check with their own hair transplant surgeons for advice on when and if they should stop.