When will recipient area heal to normal?

[OneHairLeft]

I understand that for most the actual hairs fall out in a couple weeks, what I am wondering is what is the skin in the recipient area is going to look like for the 6 months to a year that it takes to grow in?

 

Does the skin go back to normal after a bit or do you have to just suffer through looking kind weird for a good while?

 

When can you go back to not wearing a hat or covering the recipient area and just look like you did before the transplant?

[orlhair1]

My skin had normal color by the time the grafts were shedding. This varies some from person to person. Are you generally a quick healer? If so, the redness will fade significantly by the two week mark and get better each day. I used a hat for the first couple months when I was outside to keep the sun off. Indoors, I just was not wearing a hat out after the first week. I grew my hair out long before my HT so I was able to cover everything up pretty well.