The First Two Weeks After an FUE Hair Transplant

The first fourteen days after an FUE hair transplant are about protecting grafts, not judging results. Redness,
scabs, and tightness are common. Hair that was placed can shed. That shed is often part of the cycle, not proof
the session failed.

Days 1 to 3

Sleep with the head elevated if your team advised it. Avoid hats that rub unless the clinic issued one. Do not
pick scabs. Take prescribed or approved comfort medicine as directed. Swelling can drift to the forehead or
eyelids even when the work was on the crown. Call the clinic if pain spikes or you see spreading warmth and
fever.

Days 4 to 14

Washing usually starts on a schedule the clinic writes down. Follow that sheet instead of a forum. Light walking
is fine for most people. Heavy lifting, helmets, pools, and direct sun on open scabs are typical restrictions.
Donor spots fade from small dots toward pink skin.

General wound-care principles for skin procedures are summarized on MedlinePlus. Your Cendant handout
still overrides generic advice when the two differ.

What not to measure yet

Do not compare your mirror to a twelve-month gallery. If you also had stem cell hair restoration injections,
treat that zone as a healing scalp too. Questions belong with the same physician team, not with a product seller
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