Staple Removal

[lovestospoon]

When should staples from a hair transplantion be removed? My post-op instructions say to remove them in 14 days but I recall the doctor verbally stating 10 days. Is there added benefit to keeping the staples in longer (i.e.- minimizing scar stretching)?

[lovestospoon]

When should staples from a hair transplantion be removed? My post-op instructions say to remove them in 14 days but I recall the doctor verbally stating 10 days. Is there added benefit to keeping the staples in longer (i.e.- minimizing scar stretching)?

[Bill - Seemiller]

lovetospoon,

 

10-14 days is pretty standard. However, surgeons may feel keeping them in for a lesser or longer time is appropriate depending on tightness, closure, healing, number of transplants, etc.

 

For instance, I've been asked to keep my staples in as long as I can - even up to 4 weeks if I can bear it. We'll see :-)

 

Bill

[CuriousJungleGeorge]

I think there isn't one "standard" by which to go. As Bill said, different people have different physical tendencies, and a surgeon might base the decision on what he feels would most suit a particular patient. Of course, twelve days or eleven can come down to the very practical matter of when you can make it to the office, too.

 

I believe, if the sutures are removed too soon, you risk inadequate healing, and, if after too long, worse scarring (e.g., "railroad tracks").

[hairdoyle]

my niece is a nurse and decided to take every second staple today 12th day and the remaining on Friday

 

one if them will not come out and the transplant was nothing to the pain of this one little staple

 

any advise as i am dreading Friday lol