hair transplant during accutane

[Aleksandr1995]

Edited July 20, 2023 by Aleksandr1995

[Aleksandr1995]

hello everyone, are there people who took accutane during hair transplantation?
I am taking 20 mg right now, I want to do a hair transplant, will they damage my grafts?

[Michael Vories, MD]

Accutane can interfere with graft survival- so the recommendation is be off of it for 6 months prior to the procedure, and not take it again until the one year post-op mark when grafts have fully grown in.

 

[A_4_Archan]

3 hours ago, Michael Vories, MD said:

Accutane can interfere with graft survival- so the recommendation is be off of it for 6 months prior to the procedure, and not take it again until the one year post-op mark when grafts have fully grown in.

 

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[AhmadChaudhry]

 

Hi, I agree that one should not go for hair transplant while taking accutane. There are three possible consequences 

1- Graft survival 

2- Collagen and fibrin structural changes so formation of Keloid is possible 

3- If you will take accutane regularly after one year , i have seen many people where hair starts shedding and thinning.

6 months to 12 months is the minimum interval, free from Accutane before undergoing hair restoration surgery. 

[HappyMan2021]

Accutane is pretty hardcore....I guess I'm lucky I took it when I was 16 when I did not even know what Male Pattern Baldness was 🤣

As others are saying, this is a pretty black and white issue. Dont even think about a hair transplant until you are off the accutane regime and its completely out of your system

[gillenator]

I could not agree more, Accutane and Hts are incompatible.