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17 days after FUE transplantation I walked down the street without a hat and sun was strong. It was about 2 or 3 minutes.

Immediately after that I looked in the mirror and my scalp was a little more red than usual.

Did I caused any damage?

When I'm driving in my car I should also wear a hat even the sun is not directly on my head?

Thanks

No, walking for 2 or 3 minutes is no problem, i've said it already on this topic.

No, it is no reason to wear a hat when the sun is not directly on the head.

But ,dudes, try to think a bit, everything has a LOGIC. If you could just sit and think, it may lessen your unnecessary worries.

It is simple logic with HT and sun: do not gt sunburned!

Can you get sunburned only in 2 minutes in the sun? NOOOO!

Can you get sunburned when the sunt isn't directly on your head? Of course, no.

Simple and common sense logic.

It is ok to wash normally at 10 days. Ok, if you're over-conservative- two weeks.

But continuing to "only touch" the areas at more weeks, or months, it's useless.

Yes, maybe at the first HT everybody seems to be over-cautious, but, trust me, almost any HT doctor would agree that, at two weeks, you can do whatever you want , you cannot damage the grafts. Even if you hit your head, for example, nevermind washing or rubbing.

It's not irrational and absurd, most people get quite worried about the safety of their grafts post op, they have invested a lot of time and money and donor in this and it's very normal to worry about little things like this, and question every single thing.

I agree , but that's the case only in the "critical" period which ends at aprox 10 days post-op.

At 23 days post-op, to worry that much about the grafts, yes, it's not rational, in my opinion.

Cheers Matt

 

could this early/forced shedding cause damage to the underlying grafts?

No, just no.

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Check your magnesium levels. As i know Mg deficiency can contribute to high anxiety.

Unfortunately for most people there's a chemical imbalance in the brain that gives that anxiety.

That's why beta-blockers such as xanax work and make you peaceful and calm. But i don't reccomend them, they can create addiction and become inefficient at some point, and you end up with more harm than good.

Oh, and you can check your blood pressure also. I had high blood pressure and it was contributing to anxiety, now i treat it and i feel that my anxiety has dropped.

Otherwise, i don';t get exactly your problem: you try to talk to many people at once or how?

And yes, very good advice above with practicing sports/physical activity, it lowers your stress and anxiety levels.

How much sun exposure? The idea is to not get burned. And the amount of time of sun exposure to get burned depends from person to person's skin characteristics.

If you're very sensitive to solar burn even 15 minutes may be bad.

I remember a case told by a top HT doctor:he had a patient who was a sailor and stood one entire day in the sun, and developed a bad sunburn. It was 3 months post-op and...no graft survived/grew.

So the key is-not get burned.

But, if you simply walk 5 minutes in the sun, it is ok.

Anyway, as i read , and even from personal experience, staying too much in the sun in summer may be bad for hair, it "thins" the hair diameter somehow. It may be bro-science, but that's my feeling:sun weakens hair. So it may be good to avoid strong sun exposure(such in mid-days in summer) even if you don't have any HT.

Oh, and from my personal exp after HT, i think staying in the sun worsens the issue with the redness in the recipient area after HT.

Dude, nowdays FUE ratio of transplanted grown hairs is very very high, practically there is no difference to FUT.

If you go to a top FUE doctor, of course.

You speak about an unknown doctor who probably prefers FUT because it is much easier for the doctor, but much dangerous for the patient, because of the scar. Never mind that a bad doctor may screw it up even with FUT.

So be aware!

I personally wouldn;t choose FUT in 2015, it seems like an almost barbaric procedure, to literally cut out a big a portion of your scalp.

I wouldn't do it, or if i would do it, i won;t go with an unknow doctor.

FUT with an unknown is a recipe for disaster.

1. Blood at 23 days from recipient/donor is very, very uncommon. Are you sure you hadn't other injuries(even some tiny ones), or some acne pimples that could be broken and bleed?

Because it's quite uncommon for a donor area extraction spot to bleed at this time, but it is not impossible, i think.

2. Dude, how could a faint damage grafts because of blood rush, i don't want to insult you ,but you're way way too paranoid and you have irrational and absurd worries...try to think logically.

Blood rush to the scalp may be bad only the first 1-2 days, because the pressure can make the grafts "pop out", after that they are fixed, and blood rush cannot harm them at all, in fact blood circulation is very good after, because the tiny vessles in the grafts must "connect" to the surrounding blood supply.

So please please please stop unnecessary worries. At 23 days the grafts are very secure, you cannot damage them even if you wanted.

I don't get how you people could scratch your head or rub it against the pillow while sleeping, but there is a solution:

I used this after HT, it is very good, it keeps your head fixed, while being comfortable at the same time, and it prevents any rubbing to the pillow/turning on one side. But it is no point for you to use it now, at 3 weeks post-op.

Yes, you can wear a hat after 10 days.

I don't know what their logic was with 3-6 months, but i think after two weeks any amount of training/exercise/effort is ok.

It may be too early for a HT, if you're only NW2.

It doesn't mean anything.

Oh, so having more hair doesn't feel better at all? So why are you willing to do another, then?

At 7 months it may be a bit premature if you transplant in the same recipient area.

Because some hairs there may not be grown yet, and you simply transplant over them, possibly killing a valid hair there(which doesn't show yet), and putting another graft in there, thus wasting a graft. But if you remember exactly how much hair was transplanted, and if you feel almost all the transplanted hair grew, it should be fine.

But theoretically doctors request that you wait at least 12 months if you transplant in the same area and only 6 months if you transplant to other areas.

There is the Bernstein study for graft anchorage(google it), where it says that, at 9 days post-op, even if you pull the scab out(or the hair) the graft cannot be dislodged.

This study pretty much ends the discussion, and we can discard all the subjective thoughts and exagerate worries of various people.

It says 9 days, okay? If you're over-cautious, simply just don't touch the grafts at all these 9 days(only pour water/shampoo/etc) and everything should be excellent.

At 20 days, like your case, the grafts are firmly into place, you couldn't take them out even if you wanted to. At this time you only could damage them if you cut them out with a knife, i think. Even if you hit your head, at this time, they should be completely fine.

By the way, the shape of the hair being shed doesn't matter, it is no point in analyzing it, that only depends on the individual people hair characteristics.

Then stop worrying! At this time you can't lose grafts anymore. Only by surgery you can take them out now.

Losing a graft is possible only in the first 7-10 days, and yes, the sign is bleeding.

I think only severe sunburns can damage implanted hairs up to 6 months.

Yes, better be more cautious than have surprises, but i think sun exposure for a short time is no problem, even after operation, the idea is not to stay too much and get burned.

Anyway , sunburns may be bad also for existing , non-implanted follicles also, especially if they're miniaturising.

How many days do you have post-op?

I think there is an issue of healing as well. The quicker you remove the scabs (once grafts are secured), the quicker your recipient site will heal, and the quicker/the more blood will flow to nourish the grafts. It is a great balancing act.

I don't think so. Blood comes to the graft underneath the skin, the scab is above, i don't think there's any connection between scab and blood flow.

Yes, but sex means much more effort/sweating etc than simply masturbating. Including the increaed risk of touching the head.

Anyway, i think the probability for the grafts to simply pop out without any touch is high only for a couple of hours after surgery, then it diminuates considerably. At two days, i think it's uncommon at all for a graft to pop out alone.

They don't shed all at once. You certainly wouldn't like not to shed any transplanted hair for 4 years and then to shed them all at once.

They don't shed all at once. You certainly wouldn't like not to shed any transplanted hair for 4 years and then to shed them all at once.

Thick hair is , for sure, good for optimal coverage. But...it should be kind of "soft" and malleable, not hard like a wire... i have some like that, they're thick as a pencil lead and hard as a wire, styling them or making them stand flat is out of discussion, so my only option is to cut them just at the level of the skin. It is not the way they look my main concern, of course, the thicker in caliber, the better, is they way they "feel" and stand, and, i repeat, the angles are not the problem.

They , almost all, form the right angle with the scalp, but natural hair, even that thick one in donor area, is much softer, not this hard, like a wire.

Sorry, i'm not really fond of taking pictures of my head and posting them.

No, my hair angles are ok. It's just the thickness of the hairs. Not all of them, only a part.

Gram, how much time ago you had the procedure? Did the hair soften with time?

The angles are ok, but even so, if the hair is very coarse and "rigid" and straight, it looks unnatural.

Gillenator, it's common sense what you say.

But i want to know, is the transplanted hair supposed to get more "normal" looking as time goes? It's very normal, i get it, for them to be darker and thicker in caliber than exisitng hair in recipient area, but mine are just too odd... They are super thick, and coarse. That coarsesness/wiryness bothers me. Because the hairs stick out, they don't lay flat.

Hello. As i see from your picture at the avatar, is that your HT? I can see some differences in hair caliber in some zones. That's exactly what i am talking about, i have some similar stuff.