In the days following the procedure, in order to ensure the best post-operative care for your hair transplant, you should observe these guidelines:
- Eat normally and take the medication that will be given to you by the doctor after the hair transplant. Follow our doctors’ instructions exactly when taking these medicines.
- Avoid drinking alcoholic beverages for 48 hours after the procedure.
- You will have to wait 5 to 10 days for sun exposure, according to the doctor’s instructions. After that time, you can wear a cap (preferably with UVA protection).
- Sleep at an angle of 30 to 45 degrees, lying on your back with a pillow under your head. Sleep on your back for the first three days.
- The first four days after the hair transplant you should rest relatively. Avoid strenuous physical exertion for the first two weeks.
- If you notice that a grafted stitch bleeds during the first 24 hours, simply compress the stitch with gauze until the oozing stops.
- You will be able to resume your normal hair care routine two weeks after the hair transplant.
- Minoxidil can be reapplied 10 days after the hair transplant.
- The hair dye can be reapplied one month after the hair graft.
- Clippers should wait up to 2 months after the operation.