Should You Wear a Hat after a Hair Transplant?

Wearing A Hat After A Hair Transplant Procedure

If you want to have a hair transplant surgery you may be wondering about the details in the recovery period following the surgery. You may think you will have to wear a hat because it is best to have this procedure in winter and you will need to protect your head from cold on those freezing winter days. You may like to cover yourself in a winter hat to feel warm. At first, wearing a hat may also look like a good idea because it will protect your sensitive scalp from cold and wind; however, there is more to this issue. Wearing a hat after a hair transplant procedure is another important point as you may be worried that it may touch your scalp and cause damage to the newly transplanted hair follicles.

So Is It Ok To Wear A Hat After Hair Transplant?

It is ok to wear a hat after a hair transplant; however, you should consider some points before deciding when and how you should wear it. If you do not follow the rules about how to protect your hair and scalp after the hair transplant procedure, a hat would do bad rather than good. Here are the points to consider about wearing a hat after a hair transplant:

• First off, you should not wear a hat for 3 days following the surgery. In the meantime, you should not go in the sun either. So the first three days are when you should be very careful to protect the newly transplanted hair follicles.
• The hat should not be very hard but it should rather be soft to avoid damage to your scalp.
• It should not directly touch your head but should stay a bit higher to provide a gap between your scalp and the hat.
• It can take as long as a month for your scalp and newly transplanted hair follicles to completely heal so you should not wear a hat touching your head before one month is over.
• Headwear such as motorcycle helmets should be avoided for the first few weeks as they may be hard on your scalp.  You should only wear loose hats on after the first 3 days and choose the ones that do not put pressure on your scalp. So the thing is you should protect your head with a hat without directly contacting it.

Benefits Of Wearing A Hat After A Hair Transplant

Wearing a hat should be both comfortable and useful with contributions to the success of the hair transplant procedure. Even if you should avoid it for the first 3 days to protect your scalp from any kind of contact, it has a lot of benefits after three days. Here are some benefits of wearing a hat following a hair transplant:

• You can protect your scalp and newly transplanted hair follicles, which are in the healing process from the harmful effects of wind and dust in winter.
• A hat will keep your scalp clean when you go out.
• You can protect your head from the sun that may cause harm to the scalp skin and hair follicles that are quite sensitive until one month is finished.
• You can keep your head safe from the shocks that may be caused by accidental hits. Keep in mind that your scalp will be very sensitive, and your hair follicles will still be in the process of holding onto the scalp for the first month following the surgery. So they can be easily damaged by accidents that may hurt the scalp, and the hair transplant surgery eventually fail.