Head gear after surgery

[consequence]

I will be flying long distance home 6-7 days after my transplant surgery. For those of you who did this, how did you protect your grafts and donor area on the flight home?

I have read not to wear a hat/cap for the first two weeks though as it seems with most things regarding post op care the recs for this vary dramatically between different surgeons.

[MAL87]

You can wear something like a loose fitting hat or a bandana almost immediately after, so long as it's not coming in contact with the recipient area. Clinics will also usually provide a surgical cap for immediate use. But after 10 days you can wear just about anything, as that's when the grafts are secured. 

[Turkhair]

I didn’t wear anything on the flight back home week after HT . Nobody cared.

HTs are so common these days.

[consequence]

27 minutes ago, Turkhair said:

I didn’t wear anything on the flight back home week after HT . Nobody cared.

HTs are so common these days.

I don't care what people think, I just don't want the grafts to get infected by contacting that gross unwashed airplane seat headrest.

I have an 11 hour non stop flight, so probably will doze off and let my head drift to the side at some point whether or not I want to do so.

[A_4_Archan]

You can wear bandana...that would help you....and a good neck pillow...