Top 5 Tips for Ensuring a Successful Hair Transplant

The success rate of modern hair transplants is incredibly high. Many experts suggest that patients can expect an impressive 90-100% of the donor hair follicles to successfully regrow in the newly-transplanted area of the scalp – see hair transplant growth timeline.

So, if you’ve been considering a hair transplant as a solution to thinning, balding or hair loss issues, you can feel confident that your procedure stands an excellent chance of creating the thicker, fuller hair or hairline that you’re looking for. 

And if you’d like to boost your chances of a successful outcome even further, there are some additional steps you can take to ensure you enjoy the best possible hair transplant experience and achieve great-looking results that last. 

Top 5 Tips for Ensuring a Successful Hair Transplant

1. Research

Part of the success of any hair transplant experience lies in choosing the right clinic and surgeon for your particular needs, as well as having realistic expectations about what’s possible and not making a decision soley on costs. To find the best quality provision for your budget and your needs, it pays to do some due diligence beforehand. Any time spent researching the best options for you will be time well spent in the long run. Begin your research online but if possible speak to clinics directly – the most reputable ones will be happy to put you in touch with past patients who will give you an honest review of what you can expect.

Check out Wimpole Clinic’s patient gallery for hair transplant before and after photos.

2. Preparation

As with any surgery, it’s a great idea to give your body the best possible chances of coping well to the upcoming operation. While you don’t usually need to take any special measures in preparation for a hair transplant, you’ll improve your chances of a successful outcome and a swift recovery if you’re in good health. So take the opportunity to eat well, get plenty of rest, and reduce stress as much as possible in the days and weeks before your procedure. 

3. Recovery

There are some Dos & Don’ts to bear in mind immediately after your hair transplant procedure. Your clinic will make sure you’re well aware of these, but they generally include things like avoiding excessive strain or sweating around the transplant area, restricting headwear, and avoiding alcohol, smoking and stressful activities. Most of these are common sense, and simply giving yourself some time to rest and recover from the operation will support the best possible results. 

4. Aftercare

Once you’ve recovered from the transplant procedure and your scalp has healed, you will still need to take special care of your hair to support the follicles in becoming well-established. Again, these steps are mostly common sense, such as taking extra care when washing your hair after a hair transplant, as well as brushing and styling your hair or wearing caps and hats. You must also take care how you sleep after a hair transplant. Though a little extra aftercare and awareness can make a positive difference, you’ll probably be surprised by how quickly you can treat the newly transplanted follicles as normal hair growth. 

5. Maintenance

Beyond the recovery and initial aftercare, you can still help your hair look its best with medication, good haircare and maintenance practices. Treating your hair with quality shampoos and conditioners will ensure it looks its best. While taking good care of your nutrition and general wellbeing will help to support healthy hair growth from the inside out. 

If you take steps to look after yourself and your new hair transplants, you can look forward to feeling good about your hair and your appearance again – well worth a little extra effort in the short term. And if you do a good job of your homework and prep work before the procedure, you’ll be helping to ensure that you have a pleasant, safe and successful experience throughout. 

Then, a few short months after the procedure, when the results are fully established and permanent, you’ll be glad you took the extra steps to ensure the best possible outcome for you and your hair. 

But with all treatments, your clinic should be giving you good pre and post-care notes to get the best out of your hair transplant surgery!