1 month and pimples and a little irritation

[Vinny1980]

Hi guys,

 

I had a FUT transplant a month ago and have some irritation and pimples recently. I hear this is a good thing, but my transplant doctor is abroad and I live in the tri-state area. The doctor recommended Nadoxin-C but that isn't readily available in the states.

 

I was wondering, for irritation and/or pimples what over the counter or prescriptions are given in these cases in the states for you guys who had the procedure done in the states?

 

I went to my family doctor but he had no clue, he just looked up the ingredients of the mentioned cream and recommended a substitute of 10% sulfacetamide and Temovate (clobetasol). The problem is that he said openly that he knows nothing of this procedure and well, just googled it.

 

Currently I'm just applying witch hazel for some of the irritation with a cotton ball and putting some neosporin on it. I am probably just paranoid but someone mentioned the dreaded word "folliculitus" on a previous post and now I can't get that word out of my head (literally). I just want this to go smoothly as I have so much riding on this puppy that I spent all my savings to get done! And well if it goes well, will look to have some more done!

 

Thanks for all your help and advice guys.

[TakingThePlunge]

Vinny,

 

Based on your description "some irritation and pimples" it really doesn't sound out of the ordinary. It's perfectly normal to start getting pimples at this time. I had several after each of my transplants and they continued to appear for months. I used Aloe Vera gel for irritation and tried to allow pimples to resolve themselves naturally.

 

Here are a couple of articles that may help:

 

Dealing With Pimples 3 Months After Hair Transplant Surgery

 

Pimples on my Head 1 Month After Hair Transplant

 

Best of luck!

[Vinny1980]

Thanks so much David!

[Coach]

I was worried too when a few pimples popped up but my doc assured me there's nothing to worry about. Plus i got a lot of info from this board which helped.

[Dr. Glenn Charles]

As long as there is no signs of infection (surrounding redness and tenderness) then a few pimples is almost an indicator that there is some action going on under the skin. In some cases it almost signals that hairs will be growing soon.

[Vinny1980]

I just wanted to post a short-update. I recently took the advice and decided to speak to a HT doctor in New York as emailing my Doctor was difficult as the response time and also it was a bit difficult to show my condition with photos. I also didn't have access to the same medications. I spoke to few doctors, but Dr. Carlos Wesley's assistant was just so nice and much more helpful than some of the other ppl I spoke to. I went in to see Dr. Wesley and he was just such a thoughtful and incredibly helpful. He educated me about what I would be seeing post-op (I learned a lot) and also informed me that I had an infection and prescribed some antibiotics and wanted to check on my progress. Getting work done abroad is great, but this experience made me realize some of the cons of not having your doctor accessible after your surgery. I will surely need some more work done after this year depending on how successful this procedure is and Dr. Wesley is at the top of my list. I feel like I really dodged a bullet here!

[aaron1234]

Glad you got it worked out Vinny1980. Hope the meds work on the infection.