Will Swimming 10 Days after Hair Transplant surgery affect Hair Growth?
This question, from a member of our hair loss social community and discussion forums, was answered by Coalition hair transplant surgeon Dr. Glenn Charles:
Hi, I’m a 32 year-old man, Norwood Type II, considering getting a hair transplant of about 1000 grafts. Would it be fine to go swimming about ten days after the procedure and, if so, would the donor scar and grafts be much more visible when my hair is wet? Also, I’ve been advised that staples are better for the long-term healing of the donor site, but they’re also more conspicuous during the initial post-op period. Would it be fine to get sutures instead? Thanks for your help.
I do not think that some casual swimming 10 days after hair restoration surgery will harm the follicular unit grafts. However, that is casual swimming where your head is not continually in the water for long periods of time. I do not recommend swimming laps for at least 3 weeks.I have done comparison studies with half staples and half sutures on the same patient. There were no consistent differences. In fact, I often had a better result on the suture side.Dr. Glenn CharlesDavid (TakingThePlunge)
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