The following day of your surgery, the bandage will be removed gently. If you wish you can remove your bandage yourself or we can remove it in our clinic. The bandage should be removed carefully and gently. lf the bandage adhere to hair strands, the bandage should be dampen with Batticom Scrub. That way, it can be removed easily.
Hair must be washed with Providonelodine Scrub (Betadine, Batticon). You will lather “Proyidonelodine Scrub” and then rinse off with abundant water twice. This step will be done on the first and the second day.
After the 2nd step, your hair will be washed just as you do in your daily routine. In the following month, you will be using baby-shampoo to wash your hair. After 1 month, you can skip to your regular shampoo.
The First day, after you wash and dry your hair gently, you will apply “Terramycin Opthalmic Pomad” on the donor and the recipient area which is to make the scabs to fall off easier and earlier. Pomade will be put on the scabs by using gauze strip/bandage, after that, you will slide the gauze bandage over the hair in accordance with the direction of your hair (on the donor area from up to down, on the frontal area from back to front). There will remain a thin layer of pomade and residuary layer will be taken off by using sterilized gauze bandage/strip. This procedure will be done 2 or 3 times a day. Our goal is to make wound scabs and clotted blood residues go off the scalp and hair. Approximately 5 or 6 days later there witl be no residue of blood and wound scabs. No need to pomade “Terramycin Opthalmic Pomad” after scabs are cleaned completely.
You can wear a loose hat. But it mustn’t stay on your head for too long and mustn’t make you sweat. You should wear it on and off.?
In the first 3 weeks, you must avoid heavy exercises. Very light exercises such as walking that wouldn’t make you sweat will not be an issue.?
During the first 3 months, it is not recommended to expose the scalp to sunlight that is heavy enough to make your scalp tanned. Daily and short-time sun exposures are not harmful and tolerable. You must also avoid solarium.
Swimming in the sea or pool is not recommended for the first 3 weeks. Daily bathing and short-time showers are not harmful. Public bath and sauna are not recommended during the first month.
3 weeks after the surgery it is strongly recommended to use “Minoxidil” or anti-hair loss solutions to prevent your existing hairs from fallout. You can use “Propecia” any time and no need to stop using it before surgery. 1 month after the surgery you can have your haircut by clippers but never use a razor for one year!
Keep in mind that, transplanted hairs will be falling out in 2 or 3 weeks after the surgery (very rarely no fall out occurs). The fall out ratio is about %50-80. Fall out process will end in 3 months and after the 3rd month, your transplanted hairs start to grow. The final result will be seen at the end of one year.
