How to prevent swelling after hair transplant | My Comprehensive Guide

A swelling may develop after a hair transplant soon after or uptil 2-3 days later. Usually this swelling following a hair transplantation procedure resolves with time if advice for prevention of swelling given by the hair transplant doctor is followed. Do you need to worry if you get excessive swelling after your hair transplant? If the swelling after the hair transplant you just got is painless, there is nothing to worry. If it is red and painful, hang on and watch this video. If your swelling has persisted beyond the 7th day, you are a diabetic, and there is redness, throbbing pain and fever, switch off this video, pick up your phone and immediately call your doctor. Because, infection if not controlled in time can be devastating. In this video Dr Bhatti discusses the causes, the dangers, the prevention and the treatment for swelling that may occur after a hair transplant. The cause of swelling after a hair transplant can be either one or more of the following 5 reasons: Large amount of injected tumescence Inadvertent vessel rupture during nerve block Using needles for slit making Infection Not using corticosteroid How does a surgeon prevent swelling from happening? Giving preop medications that prevent swelling Avoid aspirin and ibuprofen before procedure Proper lab investigations to rule out underlying disorders Minimally invasive procedure Triancinolone acetonide during procedure Proper postoperative instructions Anti-inflammatory drugs to facilitate healing How do you as a patient do your bit in preventing swelling? Avoid exercise Do not talk animatedly Do not bend forwards in the first 3 days Try not to work on a PC Forehead massage to change the direction of flow from center of forehead to towards the temples. Stay at a hotel and not with relatives when you are from out of town so you are not bound socially to engage in polite conversation especially if you are meeting them after many years. 45 degrees elevation on first night. 30 degrees for the next 4 nights. Face upwards towards the ceiling. Elevation helps by decreasing venous and lymphatic pressure. This “gravity position” ensures flow along lymphatic channels along occipital and temporo-parietal scalp preventing facial swelling. Activities of daily living like eating, going to the bathroom, tying shoelaces are no problem at all because edema fluid moves very slowly. It takes at least 1 or 2 days for lymphatic fluid to move from below the hairline to center forehead. Once edema has begun, steroid, ice packs, and other physical methods have little or no effect. Therefore, prevention is the best treatment. _______________________ Check these VIDEOS out as well: CARE AFTER HAIR TRANSPLANT FOR FULL RECOVERY:    • Hair transplant in India | Complete care G...   WHEY PROTEIN & HAIR LOSS:    • Whey protein, hair loss & hair transplant ...   SAW PALMETTO & HAIR TRANSPLANT:    • Saw Palmetto as Natural DHT blocker | Hair...   EXERCISE & HAIR LOSS. IS THERE A CONNECTION?    • Hair Loss Treatment for Men | Exercise at ...   SAFE PROTOCOLS FOR BODY HAIR TRANSPLANT:    • Safe Protocols in Body Hair Transplants | ...   BAD HAIR TRANSPLANTS ARE ON THE RISE:    • Hair transplant in India for Bad hair tran...   FAMOUS HAIR TRANSPLANT RESULTS IN CELEBRITIES:    • Hardy Sandhu hair Transplant in India   5 STRATEGIES THAT FINASTERIDE USERS MUST KNOW OF:    • Ditch Finasteride Fears with My Proven Str...   FINASTERIIDE CAN KILL THE BEARD?    • Finasteride killed my Beard | The effect o...   FUTURE OF HAIR LOSS TREATMENTS:    • Newer Hair Loss Treatment for Men & Women   _____________________ OUR CLINIC (SAFETY FIRST): https://darlingbuds.com/doctor-profile _______________________ FOLLOW ME! Come and follow me on... Facebook:  / darlingbudsclinic   Twitter:   / tejinderbhatti   LinkedIn:   / darlingbudsclinic   Check out my blog too: https://darlingbuds.com/blog ________________________ COMMENT | SHARE | SUBSCRIBE This is Dr Bhatti's Darling Buds Clinic. Our YouTube channel is a destination for those researching Hair Transplant and other remedies for hair loss. We make videos to showcase our hair transplant results on the web through YouTube; all techniques available for hair transplant; and advances in the field of hair transplant are often dealt with. ________________________ PRODUCTION CREDITS All videos are shot, edited and uploaded by the Darling Buds Team ________________________ This video is not sponsored. All our videos are non-profit in nature and meant to educate, inform and empower hair loss sufferers around the world. ________________________ If you have any questions or want more information while you do your research before your procedure, e-mail us at: [email protected] / [email protected] Call or whatsapp us at: +919814531111 , +918872238888 , +917814096152 #swelling #hairtransplant #darlingbudsclinic