Will covering your temple areas dislodge the grafts?

[jimbrann]

Hi all,

 

My hair covers my temples (how I normally set my hair), but if I have a HT for my temple regions and frontal vertex, can I set my hair as before (i.e. so my native hair covers my temples) without dislodging the newly transplanted grafts?

 

Can grafts be dislodged due to your native hair 'covering' the transplanted grafts/recipient areas?

[Swooping]

No, they won't dislodge that easy. You can hide your transplanted area with your own hair if you wish.

[jimbrann]

No, they won't dislodge that easy. You can hide your transplanted area with your own hair if you wish.

 

Hi Swooping,

 

Many thanks. But are there any complications in doing so in terms of re-growth? Is it bad for the transplanted areas to have native hair covering it? I thought maybe the new grafts won't be able to 'breathe' etc. if there is native hair covering it every day and during sleep etc.

 

What do you think?

And if there is anybody else reading would also appreciate your input.

[mattj]

It is blood supply that is most important to graft survival, so covering the grafts with existing hair won't harm.

[Swooping]

Hi Swooping,

 

Many thanks. But are there any complications in doing so in terms of re-growth? Is it bad for the transplanted areas to have native hair covering it? I thought maybe the new grafts won't be able to 'breathe' etc. if there is native hair covering it every day and during sleep etc.

 

What do you think?

And if there is anybody else reading would also appreciate your input.

 

No there shouldn't be any complications because of that. I mean on the operation day it's important you native hair doesn't get stuck in the crusts (blood) of your freshly implanted grafts. But thereafter I see no problems at all of covering your transplanted areas with your native hair.

[gillenator]

The new grafts will be fine. You are fortunate that you have some existing hair to cover the new grafts...

[pkipling]

I left the hair behind my transplanted area long the day of surgery in an attempt to be able to cover the recipient area with my longer/existing hair. It did not go as planned and I ended up just buzzing it and wearing a hat. But no, covering the hair won't impact the growth of the grafts, and I wish you better styling luck than I had.