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Styling Tips After Hair Transplant Surgery

Hair Transplant Surgery

After your hair transplant surgery, one of the first things you might want to do is play around with a new hairstyle or look. While your excitement is understandable, for the sake of your hair and scalp, your surgeon will typically recommend waiting for a few weeks before you break out the styling products. Give the area time to heal before exposing it to heat styling or hair products.

New Grafts

The newly transplanted hair usually falls out within the first few weeks after surgery. New, permanent hairs will begin to grow after three to six months and should give your head a fuller look over the next several months. Typically, the new hair will grow at a rate of half-an-inch per month. It’s important to remember to be patient while you wait for the new hair to come in.

Shampoo

Shampooing your hair is usually not recommended immediately following surgery. Most surgeons typically recommend holding off on washing the area for two days after the transplant unless it is being performed in the office under doctor supervision. Shampoo can irritate the grafts or disrupt the healing process.

When you get the go-ahead from your doctor to begin washing your hair again, you can use your favorite shampoo, although it might be best to choose a mild formula, at least for the first two weeks. Some surgeons recommend using baby shampoo, as it doesn’t contain additives or harsh detergents that can irritate the grafts. If you were using a special shampoo before the transplant, such as an anti-dandruff formula, talk to your surgeon before resuming use.

Heat Treatments

It’s best to let the hair air dry for the first week after the surgery. The area around the grafts and at the donor site may be numb. You risk burning the area if you use a hair dryer as you won’t feel it heat up. The heat from the dryer can also cause damage to the hair follicles as they heal. Once you introduce heat drying to your styling routine again, use a low heat setting at first.

Hair Dye and Other Chemicals

Surgeons typically recommend holding off on using chemicals on your hair for at least three weeks following hair transplant surgery. The transplanted hair follicles are usually more sensitive and might react in unexpected ways to the chemicals found in dyes or other products. You can dye your hair a few weeks before the surgery if you want to change its color or touch up the roots.

Styling Advice

Your new hair might take some getting used to. Since it will be several months before the new hair is evident, styling will initially focus on the hair you already have. As the hair grows in, you might find that you need to change the style of your hair slightly to accommodate the new growth. For example, as soon as you are able to comb your hair after the transplant, you might decide to comb it over the transplanted area, creating a deep side part.

You can start using hair spray, gel or mousse to hold your style in place about two weeks after the surgery. Ask your doctor when it will be safe to start using styling products. Mousse can be especially helpful after a hair transplant, as it is used to create volume and to make your hair look fuller.

Hair Cuts

Go in for a trim before your surgery but don’t have it cut too short, as you will need to wait until the area has healed sufficiently to get another cut. In most cases, surgeons recommend waiting about three weeks after the surgery for a haircut.

To get styling ideas for your new hair, take a look at the before and after photos of patients who have undergone surgery. Contact renowned facial plastic surgeon Dr. Jeffrey Epstein in Miami for a consultation about hair transplant surgery today. Call the Miami office at (305) 666-1774 for an appointment.

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