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Pack Content
- Medication
- Shampoo
- Spray bottle (saline)
- Gauze
- Inco sheet
Medication
Predisolone
To avoid swelling. 3 tablets will be given to you on the morning of the surgery and 9 tablets to take home, to be taken 3 tablets a day in the morning after breakfast. It’s important to take after food.
Paracetamol
To relive pain. You can take any time after surgery. 1-2 tablets to be taken every 4 hours only for pain relief. No more than 8 tablets in 24 hours. DO NOT TAKE IF NOT NEEDED.
Hair wash
Please do not wash your head / Hair for the next two days instead, use the spray provided, every hour or so during the day.
From day three wash your hair gently for 12 days with the shampoo provided NOT using power shower. Run the water on the head then apply shampoo without rubbing and then leave it to soak for 5 min before rinsing the scalp thoroughly. . By 14 days all of the scabs should be gone.
AFTER 14 DAYS
Go back to normal hair washing, continue to massage the hair and scalp. Remember a healthy scallop promotes healthy hair. Make a note to soak your hair and scalp for 15 minutes at least a week.
Gauze
If you should bang your head do not panic, get a wet cold compress and hold on the affected area until bleeding stops. Laying down will help. Use we cold gauze to minimize bruising and swelling for 2-3 days. This can also be used to clean the donor area.
Green/ Grey / Blue sheet
To cover your pillow tonight night as there may be some oozing from the donor area, which is common.
Dressing removal – 24 hours after surgery
Gently wet dressing at the back of your head with warm water from the shower or with a jug. Leave the area to soak for 5 minutes and then gently remove the dressing by pulling from side to side. During the process PLEASE DO NOT WET THE GRAFTED AREA.
Swelling
Although you are taking tablets to avoid swelling, you may still experience further swelling. No matter what the degree of swelling do not panic or worry this is normal. It always starts on the forehead, then it goes down to the eyes and it finally disappears. Use a cold compress.
Numbness
The top of your head may feel numb for some time. Be careful of banging your head as you may not feel it and may damage your grafts. Protect your head from the sun as you would not feel it burning and you could damage your grafts.
Hair shedding
Part of the process of the transplanted hair is that it can shed 14-30 days after surgery. It will start to re-grow with the newly transplanted hair in 3 to 4 months
Hairdresser
Do not cut your hair or have any hairdressing processes which requires the application to the scalp for 30 days after surgery. This includes bleaching, dying, perming or straightening of the hair or shaving the scalp.
DO NOT..
Sport: 2 weeks (gym, jogging, strenuous physical activity)
Alcohol: 5days
Sex: 7 days
Swimming pool: 1 month (sea after 3 days)
Stretch your neck, move your head, bend over: 3 days
NO woolen beanie hat to cover recipient area until
14 days post surgery
An assessment of results is made six months after surgery. You will be asked if possible to come into the clinic so that your surgeon can review and discuss results and keep an objective audit.
Please be reassured that your clinical team are very happy to speak with you either on the phone or in person at any time after the surgery so that any problems or anxieties can be addresses.
EMERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER:
07725970059

Malkani Hair Restoration Institute – Post op treatment Guide – 7 days
Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Day 5 | Day 6 | Day 7 | |
08:00
| Prednisolone X 3 tablets+ Spray hair | Prednisolone X 3 + Spray hair | Prednisolone X 3 + Spray hair | Spray hair | Spray hair | Spray hair | Spray hair |
10:00
| Spray Hair | Spray Hair | Gentle Hair wash with Shampoo | Gentle Hair wash with shampoo | Gentle Hair Wash with Shampoo | Gentle Hair Wash with Shampoo | Gentle Hair Wash with Shampoo |
12:00
| Spray hair | Spray hair | Spray hair | Spray hair | Spray hair | Spray hair | Spray hair |
16:00
| Spray Hair | Spray Hair | Spray Hair | Spray Hair | Spray Hair | Spray Hair | Spray Hair |
20:00
| Spray hair | Spray hair | Spray hair | Spray hair | Spray hair | Spray hair | Spray hair |
22:00 | Spray Hair | Spray Hair | Spray Hair | Spray Hair | Spray Hair | Spray Hair | Spray Hair |
Malkani Hair Restoration Institute – Post op treatment Guide – 7 days
| Day 1 | Day 2 |
08:00
| Prednisolone X 3 tablets+ Spray hair | Prednisolone X 3 + Spray hair |
10:00
| Spray Hair | Spray Hair |
12:00
| Spray hair | Spray hair |
16:00
| Spray Hair | Spray Hair |
20:00
| Spray hair | Spray hair |
22:00
| Spray Hair | Spray Hair |
| Day 3 | Day 4 |
08:00
| Prednisolone X 3 tablets+ Spray hair | Spray hair |
10:00
| Gentle Hair wash with Shampoo | Gentle Hair wash with Shampoo |
12:00
| Spray hair | Spray hair |
16:00
| Spray Hair | Spray Hair |
20:00
| Spray hair | Spray hair |
22:00
| Spray Hair | Spray Hair |
| Day 5 | Day 6 |
08:00
| Spray hair | Spray hair |
10:00
| Gentle Hair wash with Shampoo | Gentle Hair wash with Shampoo |
12:00
| Spray hair | Spray hair |
16:00
| Spray Hair | Spray Hair |
20:00
| Spray hair | Spray hair |
22:00
| Spray Hair | Spray Hair |
| Day 5 | Day 6 |
08:00
| Spray hair | Spray hair |
10:00
| Gentle Hair wash with Shampoo | Gentle Hair wash with Shampoo |
12:00
| Spray hair | Spray hair |
16:00
| Spray Hair | Spray Hair |
20:00
| Spray hair | Spray hair |
22:00
| Spray Hair | Spray Hair |
| Day 7 | |
08:00
| Spray hair | |
10:00
| Gentle Hair wash with Shampoo | |
12:00
| Spray hair | |
16:00
| Spray Hair | |
20:00
| Spray hair | |
22:00
| Spray Hair |
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