smiledoctor80

Thanks for the responses everyone and sorry for the late reply! A bit my procedure: I had my FUE done by Dr. Bernstein in NYC with his ARTAS system. The initial plan was to do 2400 grafts over 2 days. However due to my limited donor area Dr. Bernstein decided to do less on the 2nd day. On day 1 1260 grafts were placed On day 2 about 700 were placed. I had paid for 2400 grafts, so they refunded me the extra money. I know some surgeons would have just taken grafts from outside the donor area and that’s a big reason I picked Dr. Bernstein, because of his high ethical and moral standards. I will be re-evulauted in a year to see if additional grafts can be placed. Dr. Bernstein has put me on propecia. I probably should have taken propecia a long time ago but have always been apprehensive about taking medications of any kind. The ARTAS robot is amazing! I was obviously sedated so don’t remember too much but Dr. Bernstein had a technician with the robot at all times along with his large highly trained staff. Overall a world class experience as I expected it would be with someone of Dr. Bernstein’s reputation. I’ll keep you updated with my progress. But for now a couple of quick questions: I’m 10 days post op now so am looking forward to showering off the remaining scabbing. However I have noticed my scalp especially in the recipient area is extremely dry. Do you think this could be detrimental to the follicles, in terms of drying out? Is it ok so start placing some moisturizing lotion in that area 10 days post op? What about things like hot oil treatments for the scalp. Would these be ok at this point? Its been ages since I’ve had to use shampoo? Anything recommended for someone like me with a scalp on the dry side? Finally. I’ve started on propecia, but wanted to get some comments on possibly using saw palmetto in conjunction. I know that they are both DHT inhibitors, but has anyone read any studies in regards to using both together? Thanks!

Just had my first hair transplant last week, an FUE over 2 days. I just wanted to get some post op advice as I feel I might be being too gentle. I use the shampoo my doc gave me a couple of times a day over the recipient area. However, I'm currently in the 4th day post op. There is a small line of dried blood still over part of the recipient area. In my post op instructions it did say to remove any dried blood on day 1 post op. But I figured by the 7th to 10th day I'll be able to be more aggressive to remove it. Is there really any issue with leaving a little dried blood there? Apart from that I'm healing very well, especially in the donor area. I had my procedure done using the ARTAS robot, so am very excited to hopefully see some great results!