How long after op to wait before dying hair

[lokingforsolution]

I understand that you should not wash your hair for 10 days after the operation (except for the recipient site). Can you dye your hair say 10 days post op?

[lokingforsolution]

I understand that you should not wash your hair for 10 days after the operation (except for the recipient site). Can you dye your hair say 10 days post op?

[lokingforsolution]

Sorry I meant you can wash your hair except for the recipient site, but to wash the recipient site you should wait 10 days....

[Bill - Seemiller]

Moved to Hair Restoration Question and Answers forum.

[lokingforsolution]

Amazing...no one seems to answer this question!!

[Maxxy]

lokingforsolution,

 

My post-op instructions state not to colour dye hair for 3-4 weeks, not sure what other kind of dye there is lol.

[wantego]

I personally would wait as long as possible. I believe in babying your investment but I think you should ask your own doctor what he thinks.

[Steven Gabel, MD, FACS]

lokingforsolution

 

There is no magical answer to when patients can start dying their hair. The reason for this is that each patient heals at a different rate. I have some patients who come back 10 days after their surgery and their incision and recipient sites look like they have healed; I have others that need a little more time to heal.

 

The instructions I give patients are to wait until the transplanted hairs have gone through their initial shock period ??“ usually four to six weeks. By that time, I know that the grafts are firmly in place and exchanging their blood supply. The problem with hair coloring and the dying process is that different hair stylists will use several chemical compounds to dye the hair and I don't want any risk of injury to the hair follicles with outside chemicals. My advice is always: be patient!!

 

The same is true for wearing helmets. In the Northwest, this is skiing and snowboarding time (and this season we've had incredible snow at Mt Hood, Mt Bachelor, and Mt Rainier) and several of my patients are anxious to get back on the slopes with their helmets. Again, I ask them to be patient and wait 4 ??“ 6 weeks, at the earliest, so their hairs are firmly in place. I also tell them to ski/snowboard as much as possible before the transplant so they don't feel they are missing the entire ski season waiting for their hair transplant to heal.

 

I hope this provides a little better insight into your question.

[mmhce]

I remember an instance, where my mother dyed her hair and the dye migrated into her scalp and down into her face, darkening her complexion (for a few weeks). We need to be careful.

 

Bleaching via hydrogen peroxide, should be something that we must be careful about also.

[lokingforsolution]

Thanks Maxxy, Wantego, Dr Steve Gabel and mmhce.

 

I had my consultation this evening and I asked Dr Ray Woods (Sydney, Australia). He said after the scabs fall off. I think, as Dr Gabel said, I should wait 4-6 weeks.

[hairdoyle]

surely if you colour your hair 1 week before op you will not need to do it again for 8 weeks?

 

what is the time span of colouring hair before surgery?

[Steven Gabel, MD, FACS]

Hairdoyle

 

I ask my patients, if they are going to color their hair, to do it 1 - 2 weeks prior so all of the chemicals that may do any damage are long gone from the scalp.