What to Expect After Each Session

A crust or scab will form over each graft shortly after the hair replacement treatment. Once the area has healed, these will separate from the scalp and fall off. Although these crusts are visible during the one-week healing period, you can often camouflage them by combing the adjacent hair over the transplanted site. If you wear a hairpiece, it may be used to conceal the crusts after the first week (but it should be worn as little as possible during the second week). The slit grafts will be virtually undetectable within seven to ten days.

The hairs in the transplanted grafts are shed between two and eight weeks after the procedure. Many of these hairs will fall out together with the crusts; occasionally they will persist for longer. A few of the transplanted follicles may not shed their hair at all, but will continue to grow immediately after the procedure. The grafts are usually bare for a period of ten to fourteen weeks after the treatment, during which time the hairs are shed and the follicles recuperate to produce new hair, but this is normal. A new generation of hair starts to grow by the 12th week after transplanting, but this may occur slightly earlier, or up to eight weeks later in individual patients. These hairs grow at the same rate as they did in their original location.

Please be patient, as recovering from hair loss is a gradual process. Some of your own hair may also fall out. Do not be concerned as it will all grow back.

When a large area is transplanted, swelling of the forehead may occur. While this is usually mild, lasting three to five days, it can occasionally be severe enough to cause a large amount of puffiness around the eyes (approximately 1 out of 50 patients has swelling bad enough to cause black eyes). This swelling generally begins two to three days after the procedure, and lasts three to five days. Swelling is most likely after the first session, but with subsequent treatments it usually occurs in a milder form or not at all. For this reason, it should be advisable to schedule a few days' leave after your first treatment session. Please be assured that the swelling is always temporary and has no adverse effects on the healing of the grafts, or on you.

  • Hair loss restoration surgery is performed in a theatre with full ICU monitoring
  • All instruments are sterilized using high pressure steam autoclave (as used in major hospitals)
  • Universal blood precautions practiced with all hair restoration surgeries
  • All needles and blades used are disposable and are discarded after each procedure

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