POST hair transplant SURGERY - HOW'D YOU HIDE IT?
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ed said:
If I ever have to do it, I would take two weeks off from work. I would go in on a Friday morning and then take the next two full weeks off. Maybe even combine it on a 3 day weekend, so I wouldn't go back in until Tuesday. If I get one, it won't be until 2006.
Vinton Harper
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Yeah, I used to schedule mine on Friday and then take vacation. I was also lucky that I worked as a meat cutter at the time and I had to wear a hat, so that when I came back nobody suspected anything.DaveA said:
GeminiX
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I had my hair transplant done on a Thursday and booked the Friday off. By Monday you'll have been able to carefully wash your hair. and lot's of the redness has passed.
Saying that, most of the folk I work with knew I was getting it done, so there wasn't anything to hide.
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Saying that, most of the folk I work with knew I was getting it done, so there wasn't anything to hide.
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Chicano
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Yeap, Geminix is right. The best solution is to tell everyone you really care that you´re getting it done
But if you want to hide it, maybe you can try with concealers such as Toppik or Dermatch. As far as I know, you can even use dermatch in the scar (if you are having "strip")...but I dont know how much time you have to wait in order to do it safely....
But if you want to hide it, maybe you can try with concealers such as Toppik or Dermatch. As far as I know, you can even use dermatch in the scar (if you are having "strip")...but I dont know how much time you have to wait in order to do it safely....
I got the procedure on a Wednesday and took Thursday and Friday off. Even by the following Monday, I still had very noticable scabs and redness. Worse, I couldn't wear a hat. Thank god I had enough hair to comb it over. I looked TERRIBLE, but at least it covered the graft area.
It was nine days before I could comb my hair normally again. If your getting a lot of work done, plan to go into hiding or wear a hat for at least 10 days. Two weeks is ideal.
It was nine days before I could comb my hair normally again. If your getting a lot of work done, plan to go into hiding or wear a hat for at least 10 days. Two weeks is ideal.
I work in an office environment, so wearing a hat was not an option for me. I took a week off work, and by the time I returned, most of the scabs had fallen but not all. Lucky for me, I have black hair which hid most of these scabs when combing my hair forward. I made sure with my surgeon that it would be ok to use HairSoReal (a product like Toppik) to hide my scalp after the procedure. But no matter what type of job you have, I STRONGLY recommend taking at least a week off work. I've read stories about people getting hair transplants and returning to work the very next day. I don't see how this is possible. The doctor recommends that you avoid any strenuous activity and encourages resting. You can't bend over to lift things or else the grafts could pop out. For the first days after the operation, you can't wash your hair agressively. I went to my mother's house and had her pour a cup of warm water over my head while I leaned over the bathtub edge. She had to use a cloth to gently pat my hair with Graftcyte shampoo. No massaging, just patting. Then she had to wrap my head with a Graftcyte gauze pad after washing my hair. Not to mention having to spray my scalp w/ Graftcyte spray once an hour every day until bedtime. So with all these restrictions and requirements, I can't see why anyone would want to go back to work immeditely. Just use your vacation time and stay home for at least a week. Two weeks would definitely be ideal to make sure all the scabs are gone. They should be completely gone by week 3 for sure.