Sun exposure and HAIR TRANSPLANT ?

[axor]

Hello, I am concerned on sun exposure, my doctors said nothing about it but I mostly read on internet that doctors recommend no sun exposing for 12 months after hair transplant for the best result.

 

Opinon ?

[LaserCap]

Most believe 3 months....The most critical are the first 7-10 days due to the crusts.  If you burn, you will freckle permanently.  So, stay out of the sun until you scrub them off.  You can then do sun-block and a cap, (which you should be doing anyways).

[gillenator]

If you peruse through this section of the forum, you will find some other threads regarding sun exposure that you will find informative.

[pkipling]

As gillenator said, you'll find lots of useful threads on the forum where this is discussed in great detail. You can do a forum search of certain key words that will filter them for you. In short, it's best to avoid the sun after a hair transplant for at least the first few months - although each doctor has their own guidelines as to how long you should do this. Anywhere from 3-6 months seems reasonable, though as you mentioned, some say to wait a full year. Personally, I think this is a bit overboard. 

[gillenator]

I think I would want at least 50% of the regrowth to have occurred.