Q. What Should You Avoid After a Hair Transplant Surgery?

Q. What Should You Avoid After a Hair Transplant Surgery?

 

For those considering hair transplant surgery, there are many questions, from choosing a clinic to the surgical method and the price. 

Today, we’ll take some time to look at one of the most frequently asked questions: “What should you avoid after a hair transplant surgery?”

 

What is a hair transplant?

A hair transplant, strictly speaking, is not simply about planting hair.

It is considered a composite tissue transplant procedure that transplants two or more tissues at once, including the hair, hair roots, hair follicles, and surrounding tissue.

 

The period that affects the survival of the transplanted follicular tissue is generally considered to be about 2 to 4 days.

During this period, you should absolutely not engage in strenuous activity.

 

 

Things to be careful about for 3 days include:

Sauna

Strenuous exercise (boxing, jiu-jitsu, etc.)

Alcohol and cigarettes

Hair dyeing or perming

Swimming pools

and so on.

 

When a hair transplant is performed using the strip method, it is better not to overexert yourself until the stitches are removed (about 10 days).

However, the timing for removing stitches varies by hospital.

 

Light exercise, such as using a treadmill, is possible from around day 10, when the stitches are removed.

Intense exercise is best done starting about 3 weeks later.

After 3 weeks following surgery, you can freely return to daily life as you did before the surgery.

To briefly summarize the periods of caution after a hair transplant:

 

3 days — A period when the follicles are taking hold, so caution is needed

10 days — A period when light exercise is fine

3 weeks — After 3 weeks, intense exercise is possible, and dyeing and perming are also allowed

 

Today, we looked at what to avoid after a hair transplant.

Hair transplantation is important in terms of the surgery itself, but post-surgery care can also affect graft survival,

so it can be said to be very important. During the graft survival period, please take good care of yourself as much as possible so that you can achieve better transplant results.

Thank you.

 

 

                                           View the post-hair-transplant aftercare video on YouTube