Hat wearing

[Take a chance]

My HT Doctor advises that I need to wear a head band after surgery to avoid swelling. I am travelling by plane the day after my surgery is done. My question is has anyone worn a head band and a hat underneath and will it all fit together. If i didnt have to travel by plane this would not be a concern but I have to wear a cap at the airport and on the plane. Can anyone help with this one?

[stamos]

Originally posted by Take a chance:

My HT Doctor advises that I need to wear a head band after surgery to avoid swelling. I am travelling by plane the day after my surgery is done. My question is has anyone worn a head band and a hat underneath and will it all fit together. If i didnt have to travel by plane this would not be a concern but I have to wear a cap at the airport and on the plane. Can anyone help with this one?

 

Hi. I recently traveled many hours the next day after HT (like you). I used only bandana, which is way more comfortable than the hat for many hours in the plane. You can get one which is made to substitute a hat and will be very convenient in the flight as it will apply way less pressure in your head than a baseball hat, like this example.

 

http://www.champ-sys.com/pages/detail.aspx?ID=74

[Take a chance]

Stamos

 

Thank you very much for the suggestion it looks like a comfortable substitute to a hat.

[fishman35]

I wore a do-rag.

[AMR1]

Hi Mikey79

 

I decided to wear a bandana and it works very nicely to cover your head but it protect the grafts also and look stylish!! , I tried wear a baseball cap loose but frankly looked stupid having it so loose that the cap did not even look in shape, and does not matter what you say as it was so loose it rubbed on the top of the head touch new grafts!! so best bet is mate stick to the bandana,

 

Besy advice is to wear nothing at all if you can because if air gets to the scar and grafts it heels better so what i did was wear it only at time i was out of the car or house on the streets, and once I got back in the car or house took it off again aloowing the skin to breath, touch wood 24 days on now scabs gone but I am not applying anything to the hair eg hair spray or concealers to prevent any external reactions, playing it real safe and still wear a bandana everyday, i think atleast for another week before i start doing normal styling then hair spray etc.

good luck!

 

Originally posted by Mikey79:

Sorry for posting so much

 

I am just trying to get as much info as possible.

 

Can you wear a baseball cap after the surgery. I heard that right after you are given a doctors hat, how soon can you start wearing baseball caps

 

 

What people wear after the HT?

[AMR1]

Hi Take a Chance

 

I to traveled the next day on a 9 hours flight, I did wear a loose bandana and took a small towel with a small ice pack wrapped in it and kept allplying to my head every 30 minutes for about 5 minutes to keep swelling down and the result was great no swelling at all after i got back home, it works swell! just try it! u can buy a small plastic ice pack for any home store for about ??2 (like the ones uyou use in cooler boxes, freeze it and then wrap in a small face towel ( buy it before u leave and put in the freezer in the hotel where u are staying!

 

My doctor actually supplied me the kit as he knew i was travelling the next day, they were so prepared for it!

 

Try It!

 

Originally posted by Take a chance:

My HT Doctor advises that I need to wear a head band after surgery to avoid swelling. I am travelling by plane the day after my surgery is done. My question is has anyone worn a head band and a hat underneath and will it all fit together. If i didnt have to travel by plane this would not be a concern but I have to wear a cap at the airport and on the plane. Can anyone help with this one?

[Take a chance]

Hi Ammars27

 

Thanks for the info. My trip is about 10 hours and i plan to travel the night after the HT has been done. Do you think I should take the ice pack on the plane? I plan to just sleep the whole trip just hope the swelling doesn't start while im on the plane.

It looks like a bandana is the best option so I will probably try that. Did you have any problems at the airport? Did you have to take the bandana off when you went through the detector etc.

[stamos]

I explained to the security that I had undergone a hair transplant the day before, because I had to pass a liquid, the graftcyte spray with me and keep applying it every hour or so (even on the plane). In the US the person who searched me was very kind and didn't ask me to remove the bandana, although I didn't have any problem removing it. In Amsterdam (intermediate stop) I was asked to remove it, in order to pass the search point and I removed it, and told them that I return from HT and they looked me very in a very strange way, as they didn't expect it. I believe you should do the same: don't even care about them as you will never see them again.

 

Also regarding the flight: if you sleep seated for 10 hours, I think this is the best sleep you can have against possible swelling, actually I believe it helped me a lot because my head was higher than my body at all time.

[Dr. Mike]

Or if you're one of those people who gets cold on a plane like me, a hooded sweatshirt works well too because the hood actually "hangs" over your recipient site and covers the sides of your head nicely.

[Take a chance]

The hood sounds like a good idea also Dr Mike. My doctor has told me that I will be wearing a head band after the surgery which is to help the swelling from travelling. In my case i think a hood might fit nicely. I think i'm set to go.

[Maxxy]

I would not wear a hood, that sounds like a bad idea to me.

 

I wear hoodies a lot and they are always rubbing on the front of my head because of the way they sit, out side in the wind, stretching to the side for something, sitting down any many other times.

The problem is they are to loose in the front without drawing the strings but drawing them and making the hood tight would be worse, the hood is attached to a jumper so every move will inturn move the hood.

 

Wear 1 for a few days and watch out for how many times the hood will come into contact with your receipt area. (I'm assuming it your receipt will be in front)

 

I also wore a headband after surgery for swelling and a baseball cap, the rim of the cap sits round the band preventing it from touching the grafts, take a bandana for immediately post-op as it's some what difficult to get the cap on right after.

[wingc]

Hello friend, i found this answer:

Wearing a loose fitting hat is acceptable immediately following the hair transplant surgery - the same day but be extra careful not to touch the transplanted hair. Some hair transplant surgeons will even provide a loose fitting hat for you to wear out of the office. It is important however, to check with them first to know whether or not to bring your own.

 

It is also very important to follow the postoperative hair restoration instructions given to you by your hair transplant clinic.

[Dr. William Lindsey]

There is alot of good advice here. Just don't let anything "stick" to your recipient area. I had another fellow recently who had 2500 grafts placed in his crown, who came in for suture removal wearing a stocking cap. I have no idea if that pulled out any or a significant number of his grafts. Once he saw my horrified look, the story of when he put it on and how many times he pulled it on and off kept changing.

 

A loose fitting baseball cap the first day or 2 is usually fine, and after several days, it would be difficult to hurt the grafts even with a stocking cap....but be careful or ask your doctor.

 

Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

[wesley949]

In both my surgeries I wore a surgeons cap until I got back to my room. Of course, in NYC you could probably wear a gorilla costume and no one would bat an eye.