Immediately After Operation ( First Night)
When leaving the hospital bandage should be applied to the treated area after the operation and you should use a forehead band to prevent postoperative swelling. The rashes in the transplanted area and donor area disappear within 15 days. It is normal to feel swelling, itching and mild pain from the operation. These symptoms are resolved with ice applications, softening lotions, and mild reliever medication.I will give detail about fue donor after 2 weeks.
Swelling
It is normal to see swelling on the face and more around the eyes a few days after the operation. In this case, it is best to put ice on the swelling area. No other medication is required. Swelling goes away after 5 days
Itching
Itching is a symptom of improvement, there is no need to be afraid and it is completely normal to feel this sensation 2-3 days after the operation. You should not scratch the transplanted area. The itching sensation may continue for a few days.
Burning sensation
It is normal to experience a burning sensation especially in the transplanted area approximately 4 days after the hair transplant day.In this case, it is recommended that you apply the moisturizing lotion to your donor area only three or four times a day.
First Day
Dressing and PRP or Laser Treatment are applied in the clinic the day after the operation.After dressing, the bandage in the donor area is removed.
Third Day
The neck area that is bandaged after hair transplantation will remain bandaged for 3 days. This process will be sufficient for the desired healing to be achieved in transplantation with Oxygenated FUE Method. On the first day, the person who leaves the hospital with a bandage in the nape area does not feel very painful due to the ongoing effect of local anaesthesia, but after a certain period of time, he may experience mild pressure in the neck area, which we call throbbing, painkillers given by the doctor are not only painful but your doctor’s .
It can drunk regularly as often as recommend. It is important to use painkillers regularly, especially during the first 3 days, this prevents pain that may occur after hair transplantation.
4.Day
Since the donor area is bandage after hair transplantation, the person can lie on his back, in other words, he can lie on the bandage area after hair transplantation. At this point, it may be beneficial to lie on a towel and use soft pillows in order to prevent stains in the face of oedema that may flow from the bandage or mild bleeding that may occur. The donor area and the transplant area are not wash in the first 3 days after hair transplantation. The first washing and opening of the donor area are performing within 3-4 days on a day determine by the doctor.
In this three-day period until the bandages are remove , there are some situations that worry patients about the donor area after hair transplantation;
After hair transplantation, slight bleeding may occur in the donor area, do not worry about the blood stains on your bandage, but if you think it is an exaggeration, it will be appropriate to send a photo of the donor area to your doctor and get information from him. Yellowish spots on the bandage are serum fluids inject just under your scalp for comfortable transplantation during the operation. Standing or leaning forward for the first 3 days may also cause these fluids to descend to the forehead area, creating edema. Remember that it will be beneficial to lie down and rest for the first 3 days.
5. Day
After the hair transplant, we go to the hair transplantation center for the first washing, where the transplant hair is check, the first washing and the bandages in the donor area are open.
• At the end of 3-4 days, small open wounds in the neck area, whose bandages were open, were close and the healing process start. After the dressing on that area, the donor area is not bandage .
7.Day
After the bandages are open, the donor area may be itchy after hair transplantation in some patients. In such cases, applying light pressure to the donor area with the help of the palm . Light massages with the fingers in order to relieve the itching in the donor area helps to pass the itching.
Do not scratch your hair follicles in any way. If there is crusting, never pick it up. On the fifth and seventh days after the operation, the transplanted hair becomes stronger and will not move with touch. You should avoid damaging the planted area and nail it. You may feel itching during this period. This is normal and a sign of recovery.
10-15. Day
After hair transplantation, it may take up to 10 days for the wound appearance in the donor area . Here, the person’s metabolic structure and cell renewal rate are very important. Recovery occurs much faster in some people, while in others it may be a little slower.
10 days after hair transplantation, tiny wounds in the nape area have heal , but the hair has not grown sufficiently. Because that area was shave before the operation. So , even after 10 days after the hair transplantation, some scar on the nape area will continue . In this process, the blood circulation in that area can accelerate with massages to be apply to the neck area. The healing process can be short.
15 Days
After hair transplantation, not every area in the donor area will recover at the same speed. So every point in the donor area may not heal in sync with each other. If there is no situation that will cause a bump or a cut, you will see that the image differences that arise due to the healing speed in the donor area. During this process, numbness and numbness in the donor area may occasionally be numbness in the donor area. Loss of sensation and numbness may not experience in some people, while it may take 1-2 months in others. After hair transplantation, the donor area heals much faster, especially thanks to innovations in hair transplantation regain its old appearance smoothly.