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Cleaning the grafted area: why saline, and nothing else
Back home after your procedure, you want to do things right and keep the area clean. The pull to reach for something from the bathroom…
Seborrhoeic dermatitis after a hair transplant: keeping up your creams without harming the scalp
You’d been living with seborrhoeic dermatitis for a while. You’d worked out a routine of creams that kept it in check, and then…
A knock to the scalp after your hair transplant: what to do
A door frame, a fall, an accident, a stray knock to the head a few weeks after your transplant. In the moment, it’s pure panic. Your…
Psoriasis and hair transplant scabs: easing an irritated scalp
Several months on from your transplant, scabs turn up where the scalp had long since healed. And you live with psoriasis. So the question…
A hair transplant with a fragile heart: possible, with the right safeguards
You have a heart condition, maybe a cardiomyopathy, and you have already written off the idea of a hair transplant. It is an understandable…
High blood pressure and a hair transplant: what really changes when it's under control
If you’ve got high blood pressure, there’s a fair chance you’ve wondered whether a hair transplant is even on the cards…
Thyroid trouble and a hair transplant: balance matters more than the diagnosis
You are on medication for your thyroid, whether for an underactive or an overactive gland, and you are worried it might rule out a hair…
Hair transplant and diabetes: safe when your sugar is under control
You’re diabetic, and you’re wondering whether a hair transplant is even on the table, or whether your condition rules it out.…
Aspirin and anticoagulants before a hair transplant: how to pause them safely
You take aspirin or an anticoagulant, and someone has told you it will probably need to come off before your transplant. That can be…
Sleep and hair growth: why your body clock matters
This is not the article about which side to lie on after surgery. That question, the pillow, the angle, the first few nights, we handle…
What to avoid after a hair transplant, and for how long
A successful hair transplant is won in the weeks after surgery as much as on the operating table. Freshly implanted grafts need roughly ten…
Hair dye after a hair transplant: is it possible and when?
Sooner or later, almost every patient asks about it. Covering grey, evening out the regrowth, or simply fancying a change: colouring is one…
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