Tips To Prevent Swelling After Hair Transplant

Hair transplant don’t have very serious side effects. One of the most common side effect of hair transplant is Swelling. Swelling is very expected site effect. After hair transplant facial swelling may occur and this is very normal situation. After 4 and 5 day swelling will be gone but you can fasten this time. Lets look what you do to prevent swelling.

What is The Swelling?

Swelling means one of your body part expanse more than normal. The reason of swelling after hair transplant is injections. Anesthesia is another reason of swelling. Before the hair transplant operation a lot of fluid was injected to your head and this fluid get it together in your face. Then Swelling occurs under your eye, in your face and in your forehead.

How to Get Rid of Hair Transplant Swelling?

Let’s look the ways of less swelling;

1- Cold Compress

After hair transplant surgery cold compress reduces the swelling. You can use ice to your forehead and near your eyes. You can use cold compress 5 minutes of every hour until you sleep. Day after the operation you don’t have to use cold compress. If you use cold compress too much you may hurt new hair follicles and you may slow down the grow of new hair follicles.

2-Avoid Vigorous Exercise

One of the most common question is how to do the exercises. After 10 days you can do every exercise you want but on 5 days don’t do exercise. You can do walking as normal.

3-Elevate Your Head

If you sit always fluid goes to your face. If you elevate your head fluid go the back of your head. If you want to sit keep your head elevated and try to not look down much.

4-Sleep on Your Back

If you sleep on your face liquids go to your face. If you sleep on your back liquid goes to the back of your head. While sleeping place extra pillows under your neck.

5-Drink Lots of Water and Keep Hydrated

Drinking water help you to get rid of liquids. It’s very important. Also drinking water prevents your skin from drying out. You can drink at least 2 to 3 liters of water everyday.

6-Take The Medicine

After the hair transplant operation Istanbul Care give you medicines for pain and swelling. Use them as told to you. Obey the instructions and if your swelling don’t go away after 5 days you must talk with your surgeon.

7-Continue With Massage

After the hair transplant making slight massage to your forehead is very helpful. After the hair transplant operation, you should do a massage for 5 days. It is very helpful to reduce the swelling.

Hair Transplant in Turkey

As Istanbul Care we always follow our patients healing period. Obey our instructions and you don’t have swelling problem anymore.

Istanbul Care is a hair transplant and aesthetic operation clinic in Istanbul, Turkey. We aim to give our patients their desired looks. For this aim, we offer our patients the best hair transplant price in Turkey and the best hair transplant operation. We always promise our patients natural-looking hair.