Category: Post-Operative

Done hair transplant 20 days ago. i have started smoking again but my doc advised against it. will smoking stop the growth of newly implanted grafts?

Smoking is bad for your health in general and it contributes to poor wound healing and poor circulation. If you are saying that you recently had a hair transplant and are now smoking, it might impact growth as the circulation does go down in the scalp with smoking. It is impossible to state that smoking will stop the growth of your implanted grafts, but why risk it? I can say that of those people who may have had less than targeted end-results, most were smokers. Maybe it is a good time to stop smoking.

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Hi Doctor,

i Had hair transplant surgery in Thailand. First day was a rest day. Second day i went to his clinic and washed my head. third and fourth day I went shopping in thailand and nowadays the weather is quite humid there.

My question is When I was shoping (3rd and 4th day after surgery I had light exercises and in the hot climate in Thailand I began to sweat because of the of humidity. SO i quickly reached the hotel room and cleaned my scalp with baby shampoo as the doctor advised. my question is , is there any danger to the grafts because of this humidity and sweating?

After the second day, your hair transplant grafts should have firmly set in and humidity/sweating should not affect them (even light exercise). For more on physical exercises after surgery, please see Resuming Physical Activities After Surgery.

did second transplant 6 months ago.i seem to have alot of pimples and they are getting worse.is there any cure.tried with pills already but doesn’t work.thanks.age 27-sex male

Six months after a hair transplant should be enough time to end any cycle of pimples. I’m not sure what pills you might’ve taken to eliminate the scalp pimples, but I suggest you go back to your hair transplant surgeon and get yourself evaluated. You have a doctor, take him/her to task. Patient aftercare is important, and your doctor should be willing to answer your concerns.

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3.5 Weeks after a Hair Transplant, Is it normal to see pimples in the head so early on? I have maybe 3 or 4, one at the hairline and the rest in between my grafted area… I hear pimples on the head is a good sign that hair is trying to break through the surface, at almost 1 month post-op, is it possible to start hair regrowth? I do have fairly thick hair and my hair does grow fast elsewhere, just thinned in the front. I would be a 3 on the scale… Thanks!

Pimples are never a good sign. They do happen for a number of reasons after a hair transplant:

1. Small cysts form from sebum build-up in the sebaceous gland that remains after the hair has shed.
2. Small bits of remaining hair shaft are below the skin and are shed. Hair is a foreign body and as such is rejected through small cysts that come to the surface. These remnants of hair follicles or sebaceous glands may get infected and require antibiotics. Generally, they can be successfully treated with warm soaks. Be sure that these do not turn into folliculitis by visiting your doctor and establishing a good dialogue with him/her.
3. In less than a good surgeon’s hands, cysts may reflect ‘piggybacking’ of one graft placed on top of another.

I had a transplant a year ago. My question is that for 10 months I noticed almost no growth. Now though I’m starting to see fine baby hairs sprouting up. Is this growth? Am I just a slow grower? Or is it the propecia that I’ve started taking? The hairs are just beyond the hair line. Thank you for your time

After a hair transplant surgery, it may take 8 months of so to see 80% of the benefits of a hair transplant and up to a year or slightly more to see the full benefit of the surgery. This is absolutely something you should discuss with your hair transplant surgeon. A failure to grow would be evident if the growth to this point is most of what you had transplanted.