Do I have to cut my hair or have it shaved at recipient area at time of the hair transplant surgery? — G.S.

The necessity of shaving the recipient area depends on the number of grafts being transplanted in a given area and how much existing hair there is. For medium to small size surgeries where there may be sufficient spaces between the existing follicles, a surgery can then be performed without the shave. To obtain the best results though, generally, it is best to shave the recipient area if there is a fair amount of existing hair.

— Victor Hasson, MD

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I’ll need to fly to Vancouver, undergo a 4000 graft surgery, and be back in the office within three days. I do not want to reveal that I’ve had cosmetic surgery. How do I conceal the shave, incision and staples? Other than wearing a baseball cap 18 hours a day, how do other patients handle this? — N.

Hi N.
Regardless of which clinic performs your surgery, there will always be visible signs only three days post-op with or without shaving the recipient and donor area and regardless of the hair transplant technique employed, particularly for a session of 4000 grafts. With smaller sessions, say 2000 grafts, we can get away with foregoing the shave. If there were not shaving (which we never recommend as we can more clearly visualize the recipient site with head shaved) then the staples would be hidden as would the recipient area. However, even if we forego shaving there is potential for some post-operative edema (swelling) which usually begins on post-op day three. Edema is common to all hair transplant surgery and though you may be one of the lucky ones who is not affected, there is no guarantee that it won’t occur.

Educated patients who understand the value of a dense packed megasessions with a top-tier clinic, and the need to shave for an optimal results, know that the minor inconvenience is a small price to pay for a world-class result that will be on your head for a lifetime.

At about 10 days, with a short hair cut to blend the sides into the top, the hair transplant will not be detectable.

— Jerry Wong, MD

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