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6 months is too early to worry about hair angle. If I were you, I would let it grow and after 12 months post HT (so 6 more months in your case) start worrying about hair angles because hair tend to normalize once grown fully, at least that's what happened in my case.

Thanks for the insight Dr. Charles and matt. I have bumped into posts where it advises against using anti-dandruff shampoo and head & shoulders. Has anybody used Head & Shoulder post HT (after couple of weeks, that is)?

I didn't know this would be such a difficult question to answer and you guys to share your personal experience :-S? Anybody?

Hi, To those who have had an HT, what shampoo (brand name) did you use starting from 2 weeks post-HT? Or right after you stopped using the mild/baby shampoo, in case you were advised to use mild shampoo for more than 2 weeks?

Thanks agustyna and Nick for the supporting words and makes me a bit at ease. augustyna, I understand that four weeks post-HT everything is quite settled. But I started using Aloe vera 5 days post HT and that's the the time period I'm worried about. Nick, you are right about the volatility of enthanol. However, don't you think that evaporated vapours could land on the grafts and do some damage?

hairshopeing, Thanks for the counseling, appreciate it. Actually its not the normal handwash (soap) that I am worried about. What I did was I used hands antiseptic gel (disinfectant) that is worrying me. I know disinfectant is used extensively in hospitals and surgeons use before surgery (to disinfect their hands), but I'm not sure if they use the alocohol based one. Is anybody here who regularly use hand sanitizer (antiseptic/disinfectant gel) at home?

I had an HT 4 weeks ago and everything has been pretty good so far. However, something has just got into mind and this is freaking me out. In my post-op instructions I was instructed to use Aloe vera gel two times a day starting from day 5. Since I was using my fingers to dab the Alove vera on transplant areas, before the Alove vera application I washed my hands, and then sanitized my hands with an hands antiseptic (hands sanitzer) let them dry for half a minute or so and then dabbed the Aloe vera on my transplanted area. So good so far. But I just happened to check the ingredients of my hands antiseptic (hands sanitzer) and it mentiones that it contains Denatured Ethanol. By Googling, I find out that Denatured Ethanol is actually alcohol. This is freaking me out that the alcohol-based antiseptic on my hands while rubbing Alove vera may have killed my grafts. Any opinions? Or is this just a paranoia and am I worrying needlessly?

Any other opinions?

Hi, I had FUE 2 months ago and now going through the doldrums. So far I have been very careful with post-op care. But today I had to go out for around 15 minutes twice in very cold weather. The weather today has been around -15 °C. Then I took shower after 1 hour when I got home though by the time I started shower I was warmed down normally. I wonder if staying out this cold in such freezing temperature may have affected my grafts?

This is my second surgery (first one was a year ago) and yes the doctor did advice to start with fin but I just couldn't make up my mind to start with it :-S

That's exactly what I was concerned about even though there aren't many native hair in the recipient area which I'm going to get treated in 6 week, just few hundres miniaturized hair. Would it then be a good idea to start with Finasteride after the surgery? I know I should have started earlier but I just couldn't mame up my mind and now postponing the surgery date is not an option. What do you recommend? Starting fin now or after the surgery?

I'm scheduled to have an HT in 6 weeks and after a long though I just bought Finasteride today. After I bought it I started thinking if this is the right time to start it because my scheduled HT is just 6 weeks away? Any thoughts/suggestions would be appreciated.

Ben, how about Dr. Feriduni? Does he do one op per day or 2? Was yours the only operation those 2 days when you had yours last October?

Anybody has experienced similar white scabs by around 2 weeks by starting normal shampoo, after couple of weeks of baby shampoo post HT?

Hi, I'm 2 weeks post FUE and today after using my normal shampoo (so far I have been using baby shampoo), all my transplanted scalp has white scabs (?) or is it dandruff,...I don't know. Its comparatively thicker than dandruff particles and there are quite many transplanted hair (the ones that are still attached to my head) which have these white scabs on their tip above. By trying to remove the white particles from the tip of the hair, I also got the hair attached to it out with almost not power at all. I am wondering if these are white scabs or just dandruff? Or in an unfortunate case am I losing some grafts? Could it also be the normal shampoo that I used? Should I continue using baby shampoo for a few more days or change the shampoo? Thank you for the input in advance.