TonyStark83

Tony,

 

Water will not protect your scalp, just the opposite IMHO.

Well for now I've never entered into the water and I'm always using a cap whenever I'm not under shadows.

Only after 20h (20:00PM) I take my cap out.

I'm not risking anything at all. Obviously I'm exaggerating and being a bit paranoid... well...

Yeah. I'm just scared that water isn't enough to protect my scalp even underwater.

It is up to you whether you want to risk it, but you spent all that money and time .. why not play on the safe side. I am sure at 3 months, you are safe to apply a generous amount of sunblock on your scalp... but you should ask your Dr to be sure.

Trust me: I'm one of those "paranoic freaks" concerning post-FUE. I always play safe.

But since it's Summer vacations I wanted to have a bit fun. And the reports about the cautions we should have in the beach seem to vary from doctor to doctor.

My doctor said that there's no problem at all going to the water but I should wet by hair time from time; he said that the only two concerns I should have is:

- always using cap in the beach and when I'm not in the water

- avoiding to use ir hit the head while playing sports such as football/soccer

But I always loved to hear/read second opinions.

To be honest I think I never suffered a sunburn in my scalp.

Get a swim can ~ tell everyone you're training for the Olympics!

 

Seriously, the UV rays and reflection off the water is sunburn city.

So it's worse to get into the water than staying out of the water?!

I'm not gonna get a swim cap, I don't trust them. It presses our hair a lot.

Now I'm scared to go to swim and ruin my FUE procedure...

Thank you!

And how about when I'm gonna swim? I can't use a cap in the water.

If I keep putting my hair wet is it enough to protect my scalp from the sunlight? Do I need to dive my head every 5 minutes or so?

Thank you all for your responses!

Well I was always very concerned about this because one of the things I ate most in this world is... smoking. I HATE IT!

I never smoked and I always try to avoid second hand smoking.

So it seems it causes zero effect to my hair. That makes me happy!

I've made my FUE almost 3.5 months ago. Tomorrow I'm gonna go to Summer vacations on the beach.

Can I do everything? Swimming, exposure to sunlight, play football and use my head, sand on my head, etc?

Thanks.

More opinions, please.

In my country, Portugal, it's not allowed to smoke in closed and public places. So I really don't understand why Casinos seem to still be an exception.

Absolutely nothing to worry about. Your grafts were secure long ago, and I don't see how there's any way that smoke from the air will have any effect on you at all. The worst that's going to happen is you're going to smell like cigarettes when you leave, and may walk out with less money than you walked in with....

 

On the other hand, you may win enough to ultimately pay for your hair transplant. :cool:

Hahahahahahahaha!

I like your sense of humor.

I'm gonna enter into vacations in some days and it's gonna be almost 3.5 months after my FUE procedure.

In that place I'm going to go there's a Casino and generally there's a lot of second smoking there.

So does it can destroy the FUE results? Can it ruin/damage the hair follicles?

I hate smoke and cigarettes, I've never smoke in my entire life and I generally avoid passive smoking.

So how it's gonna be? Should I not worry about it? Should I avoid the casino at all costs? Should I go there just during some minutes per once?

Thanks!

Read the labels on SPF products - most allow for scalp application without harming your hair.

 

The AVERAGE time of sun exposure before burning on an AVERAGE type of skin is surprisingly low - 20-30 minutes of exposure. The Sun Protection Factor (SPF) represents the length of time you can stay out in the sun without burning, multiplied by the corresponding number. So a person who would normally start to burn in 10 minutes, could theoretically have 150 minutes of sun protection with a product that has an SPF of 15.

That's very interesting. So probably most people always get skin burned yet in most cases it's barely noticeable and not harm is done.

I think I'll ask to my doctor about the SPF products for our scalp. I didn't know they existed.

I've done 4 sessions before these 2 sessions. However, previous ones were during September and October. So I didn't need to worry that much about exposure to sunlight. This is the first time I do during April.

After my second procedure (after the 3rd and the 4th sessions), more than 6 months further (during April), I forgot to use my hat and I was a bit afraid of my scalp getting red. One of my cousins said it was a bit reddish therefore I went to my car and used the cap for the rest of the day.

But when I arrived at home, at night, the scalp was just fine and when I went to my doctor he said nothing wrong happened. I guess my cousin confused it a bit because many people during that day were a bit red in the skin and I had the usual red dots (grafts with hair growing).

I'm just always a bit confused what's the limit: we can be exposed to sunlight during how much time?

And can anyone confirm if there's solar protectors to our scalp? Don't they arm our hair?

SPF refers to the strength of the sunscreen... The higher the SPF, the longer the protection lasts before it has to be reapplied.

 

And yes, this should be applied to your scalp/hair when exposed to the sun (if you're not able to have it covered by a hat) for the first 6 months following your procedure. I used the spray that comes in an aerosol can, as it was very easy to apply and I think is the most practical to use on your scalp/hair.

So there's sprays we use to our hair to protect it against the sunlight? I didn't know that...

Aerosol cans you say? Doesn't that damages our transplanted hair?

Sorry but what's SPF? I have to apply that in my scalp and my hair?

Yes. Keep it covered with a thick material for the entire time that you're on the beach. UV rays are still dangerous to your regrowth. A simple sunburn can destroy your results even at your current state.

How many months for that caution against UV rays?

And how about when I go to the sea diving and swimming? Most of the time I'm not exactly submerged.

Dr. Bhatti recommends not swimming in the pool or the sea for at least a month post-op (FUE).

 

Thanks,

California

Well I don't have problems with that sicne I've already had the precedure 2 months and a half ago. However, I prefer to not go to the pools before 1 entire year.

Yea. I head about a month or so. Better to be safe than sorry. You dont want to burn your scalp when its just been worked on. Wear a hat this summer and let those grafts grow strong.

I've got my FUE in 17 April of this year, so basically 2 months and half ago.

I guess that even after 4 months we still need to be carful with our scalp when we go to the beach, right?

Hi Tonrystark83,

 

Our Clinic (Darling Buds India/Dr. Bhatti) recommends to our Patients to keep the procedure area covered with a cap for all outdoor activities for up to 3 weeks post-op to avoid direct exposure to dust, heat and sunlight. That would be applicable even for the cloudy days.

 

Best regards,

California

Thanks for your answer.

Well until 3 weeks post-op I barely left home to not risk anything at all, I'm a lot careful maybe too much.

But how about more than 3 weeks post-op? Now it's July and during August I'm gonna go to the beach. Do I still need to be careful as well?

And if yes until how much time after the FUE? How many months?

Hello!

I've done 2 FUE sessions in 16 and 17 of April of 2015.

How long to I need to wait after FUE to not being obligated to use a cap to protect my head hair from the strong sun light?

And during Summer, when Sun light is stronger than ever, sometimes we get here cloudy days but ultraviolet rays still are relatively high. Do I need to protect my hair even during these days?

Thanks!

Well my HT adviser says that general anaesthesia is not a big deal after all grafts are fixed. He said that it might affect a bit some hairs however all of them will always regrow.

I was just asking for second opinions since many cases might vary from person to person.

I agree with you gillenator when you say Tony is looking for support, like most members of the forum.If I caused any offence to anybody or Tony I apologize.

 

I do believe it would be in Tonys best interests to meet a specialist face to face. Im sure ones medical history would be the first thing to be discussed, along with what medication if any is one currently taken. What about blood pressure being taken etc.

I don't believe this is the correct forum for such a personnel evaluation to establish the answer to Tonys question. If some Specialist reply's to Tonys question should he take that advice as absolute? Because he heard it on a forum? You would be a very foolish man.

 

At best you might get an idea to the answer you are looking for, but that leaves you back to square 1 where you started, its best to go a see a specialist face to face and get yourself fully evaluated ...................just like what the previous posts said,

 

All the best.......................Paddy.

This is a forum about hair transplants. I'm just asking for the most opinions as possible.

I really don't get what's so hard to understand. It's foolish to not understand what I was asking.

Thank you a lot Gillenator!

I created this thread to get an answer or to share similar experiences with other users. Yet some love to cause flame wars only for the sake of it...

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