Regular Member KRL Posted February 12, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted February 12, 2015 Hi, i am having night sweats mostly on my forehead and sweating covers or reaches a bit of newly transplanted hair at hairline.Do you guys think sweating from day 1 of the fue surgery may halt the result or kill the graft on hairline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member ZeoRanger Posted February 12, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) Interesting question. A nurse at my clinic instructed me not to sweat for the first 4(!) weeks cause salt may harm the crafts. Then again there are many clinics asking patients to use saline spray post-up. So that this advice with a grain of salt (no pun intended). My post op instructions stated avoid sweating for 10 days. I believe docs give out that advice to keep the area clean and avoid infections. If salt/sweat was that dectrutive patients in warmer regions would always have a poorer result. Avoiding sweating for 4 weeks is impossible! Edit: btw I was panicked because of the very subject. I searched a lot of HT forum and couple find a single legit post confirming that sweat/body's own salt is a graft killer. I hope the nurse was just trying to scare me off so i won't hit the gym too soon post op. Edited February 12, 2015 by ZeoRanger Added info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member ZeoRanger Posted February 12, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted February 12, 2015 (edited) Pls delete. Double post Edited February 12, 2015 by ZeoRanger Double post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member KRL Posted February 16, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 16, 2015 (edited) Interesting question. Edit: btw I was panicked because of the very subject. I searched a lot of HT forum and couple find a single legit post confirming that sweat/body's own salt is a graft killer. I hope the nurse was just trying to scare me off so i won't hit the gym too soon post op. thx ZeoRanger,could you pls send the link that claims sweat kills the grafts?:confused: Edited February 16, 2015 by KRL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member ZeoRanger Posted February 17, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted February 17, 2015 I could not find ANY written statement supporting that theory. It just came out of the mouth from 1 particular nurse and I hope to high heavens that she was just misinformed or tried to scare me to make sure I won't hit the gym too soon post-op. Would be great if some experts could weigh in. But considering that saline spray is often used directly post op by many clinics I don't think salt is a graft killer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member ZeoRanger Posted February 17, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted February 17, 2015 Sorry for typing "couple find" in my earlier post. It was meant to be "could not find". That's autocorrect for ya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Shacked Posted February 17, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted February 17, 2015 I used lots of saline on my grafts for the first seven days (when the scabs came off) every twenty mins. I also lightly used baby shampoo after about 5 days, so I doubt that sweat would do any damage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member gillenator Posted February 17, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted February 17, 2015 Sweat will not damage your grafts in any way... Gillenator Independent Patient Advocate I am not a physician and not employed by any doctor/clinic. My opinions are not medical advice, but are my own views which you read at your own risk. Supporting Physicians: Dr. Robert Dorin: The Hairloss Doctors in New York, NY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member KRL Posted February 17, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted February 17, 2015 Thank you all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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