Robert Whitfield MDAmerica's Breast Implant Illness Expert™

FAQ: What’s the downtime with SmartGraft Hair Restoration

13 Apr 2020 · 1 min

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A short FAQ-style YouTube video (by Robert Whitfield MD) explaining downtime and post-procedure care after SmartGraft hair restoration. The speaker describes bandage removal after ~2 days, conservative care during the first 2–3 weeks (avoid vigorous washing and activities like golf), a gentle shampooing method (baby shampoo diluted in a cup of water, poured over the head), and typical shaving of the donor area (shaved low on men or lifting hair to shave the back in women).

Questions this video answers

About two days.

Use a cup of water mixed with baby shampoo and pour it on the head (gentle pouring, no vigorous scrubbing).

The first two to three weeks (first two weeks are emphasized as most critical).

After about two days many people can be in front of a computer and it is hard for others to tell what was done.

Men may be shaved very short (example: a #1); for women the head is not shaved—hair is lifted and only the back donor strip is shaved.

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So a question I get frequently asked is, you know, from your perspective as a client, what's the downtime after hair restoration? So if you remember, when we did your crown, we had a bandage on for about two days, and then you took it off. And then essentially we just used the cup of water method for shampooing the scalp. So you just mix up baby shampoo and a cup of water and pour it on your head. The first two weeks, I'm pretty conservative, so the first two or three weeks are the most critical times. I don't want a lot of trauma to the area, so no vigorous washing of the hair. We don't want you out playing golf or anything right away. So it's tough, you know, at that time, it limits you a little bit. But in terms of getting back to work, being in front of a computer, you know, after two days, it's hard for anybody to tell straight on what you had done. So we shaved Ray down pretty low to a 1 today to make it easy for us to see and then graft. So we do like to do that in women. We never shave, obviously, the head. We lift up the hair and shave the back and then graph the area we need.