6. How to take care of hair post-surgery?
It should be kept in mind that one should not wash the hair right after the surgery but wait a few days. Doctors recommend using mild shampoos for the first few weeks and avoiding brushing or combing hair for three weeks; the wearing of hats, caps, or hoodies should be avoided until the doctor approves it. It is also advised that a person rests for at least seven days after the hair transplant surgery. However, one can resume normal activities in about three days.
7. What side effects do hair transplants have?
There is almost nothing in the world that does not have disadvantages. Apart from some discomfort and pain post-surgery, many people experience bleeding and pus/ crust drainage from around the operated areas. If not cared for properly, it might be prone to infections leading to itching, swelling, and inflammation of the hair follicles. In addition, there are instances of lost sensations around the surgical sites. Apart from these side effects, the medication prescribed for hair transplants often have chemicals affecting sexual dysfunction, irregular heart rate, swelling of hands, feet, or breasts, chest pain, dizziness, headaches, etc.
Hair is not a necessity for anyone to be good-looking, intelligent, successful, or anything else. One must know that they are unique with or without the hair in the body. Since everyone is born in different circumstances to people bearing all the more different genes and we go through different experiences in life, no one has the right to impose any hair standard on anyone.
If ever anyone wants to go through this, let it be for betterment and acceptance of the self and let there be no ulterior motives for such a procedure.
