Q: I am scheduled to have a hair transplant next month and wonder if I should do scalp exercises before the procedure?
A: For the majority of patients, scalp exercises are not necessary.
The scalp in the donor area has a fair amount of redundancy. With a properly planned hair transplant, the donor area will close relatively easily.
If a patient’s scalp is particularly tight, or if a very large session is planned (even in the face of an average scalp), vigorous scalp exercises are useful in increasing laxity.
The advantage of stretching one’s scalp prior to surgery is that it allows the doctor to remove a slightly wider strip and it decreases tension on the closure so the person will heal with a potentially finer scar.
Topic: Scalp ExercisesTags: Donor Area / Donor Strip / Hair Transplant Procedure / Megasessions / Scalp Exercises / Scalp Exercises Before Hair Transplant / Scalp Healing / Scalp Laxity / Scalp Scar / Scalp Stretching / Tight Scalp
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 9:24 am
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