Hair transplant treatment is a procedure that seriously changes people’s lives. Thanks to hair transplantation, people regain their hair permanently and thus look the way they want. Thanks to the mentioned situation, people’s self-confidence levels increase and this situation reflects positively on their psychology. In order for hair transplantation, which has such important effects, to be successful, there are important points that patients should pay attention to. In the rest of our article, you can find detailed information about what are required before and after hair transplantation.
What is Hair Transplantation?
Hair can be lost permanently or temporarily due to different reasons. Permanent hair loss may occur due to reasons such as genetic structure, effects of hormones, different diseases, side effects of medications, stress, wrong hair care, irregular diet, and anemia. In such cases, hair follicles die completely and they cannot be recovered. Therefore, baldness or hair thinning may occur in some areas of scalp. The only permanent solution for such situations is hair transplantation. It may be possible to restore these areas with hair transplantation.
Hair transplant can be expressed as extracting hair follicles from donor area and planting them to bald area. As donor area, back of the neck has the first place. The most important factor here are that hair follicles are resistant to shedding and have normal hair characteristics. If there is not enough hair follicle here, other parts of the body such as the beard area, chest and shoulders are examined. Thus, thanks to the grafts taken from relevant areas, baldness and hair thinning are permanently gone.
Hair transplantation is a procedure performed by an expert surgeon in a clinical environment. This procedure is applied to patients who do not have any health problem preventing them to get it. If candidates have a health problem that prevents surgery, it is not possible to have a hair transplant.
What Should Be Considered Before Hair Transplantation?
There are some factors that affect the success of hair transplantation. Some of these are related to patients. It has great importance for success of the procedure that patients pay attention to some matters before the application. Here, these matters can be listed as below:
- You should share your medical history and medications you use with your doctor.
- If you have a chronic health problem, you should inform your doctor.
- If you are using blood thinners, you should stop using these medications at least 3 days before the procedure.
- If you smoke, you should quit completely or take a break starting one week before the application. Because smoking slows down blood flow. This negatively affects recovery process and success of the procedure.
- You should be careful not to use alcohol. Never forget that it poses a serious risk as there is interaction risk with medications used for anesthesia.
- Spend the day before the procedure resting.
- Go to the clinic with clean hair and scalp.
- When coming to clinic, you should prefer clothes with wide collars or buttons. So you won’t have any difficulty while taking them off.
- The procedure will take approximately 6-8 hours. Make your plan accordingly.
- Do not consume coffee and similar beverages containing caffeine in the last 3 days before the application.
- Have a light breakfast before coming to the procedure.
The things mentioned below have great importance for success. You should definitely follow these and other instructions given by your doctor. At Cosmeticium Hair Transplantation clinic, you will be given proper instructions and guidance before undergoing the surgery.
What Should Be Considered After Hair Transplantation?
Hair transplantation is a procedure that takes 6-8 hours. However, it should not be thought that everything is finished after the application, that is, the treatment is completed. Because, post-operative process, especially the first few weeks, is critical. The points to be considered during this period are generally as follows:
- that the first hair wash will be done in the clinic 36-48 hours after the procedure.
- The first wash will be done by your doctor. Other washes should be done at home, according to your doctor’s instructions.
- Scab will occur on your scalp after the procedure. To remove these, you should wash your hair once a day during the next 15 days.
- Washing should be done as instructed by your doctor and with the lotion/shampoo recommended by your doctor.
- A soft towel should be used for drying after washing. It is important that, while using the towel, pressure shouldn’t be applied on scalp.
- Hair dryer should not be used.
- In the first few weeks, hair should be protected from seawater, pool water and sunlight. In addition, it should not be forgotten that scalp should be protected against impacts and pressures during this period.
- Some hair will be lost in the second or third week after the application. This situation which is stated as shock loss is normal and it is not a situation that you should worry about. Afterwards, hair will start growing stronger again.
