Q: Do patients need to wear a bandage after the surgery and for how long?
A: In a properly performed follicular unit hair transplant, the patient can remove any bandages the day after the procedure and gently shower/shampoo the transplanted area.
The bandages do not need to be reapplied.
The reason the dressing can be removed so soon is that follicular unit grafts fit into tiny needle-size incisions that heal in just one day.
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Topic: Post-op
Tags: After Your Hair Restoration, Follicular Unit, Follicular Unit Grafts, Hair Transplant Bandages, Incision, Post-op, Post-op Dressing, Scalp Healing, Shampoo After Hair Transplant, Shower After Hair Transplant
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 8:11 am
