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    hey guys. ive been wearing a relatively snug hat since a month after my hair transplant. my HT surgeon said it was fine to wear one after week 3. i wear it for about 4 hours per day. anyone else on here wore a hat after their HT? Would be interested to see how your HT turned out.

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    Quote Originally Posted by billyzane View Post
    hey guys. ive been wearing a relatively snug hat since a month after my hair transplant. my HT surgeon said it was fine to wear one after week 3. i wear it for about 4 hours per day. anyone else on here wore a hat after their HT? Would be interested to see how your HT turned out.
    Most everyone has heard the old superstition, wearing a hat will make you go bald. It's important that the hat isn't tight enough to cut off circulation. I doubt that happens often. We all sleep on the back and sides of our head, putting pressure there while we're out and that's generally the hair with the greatest longevity! I personally like bandannas. They are light and comfortable.

    Please don't worry about wearing a hat. You do want to keep the sun off your scalp.

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    thanks a lot for your reply. makes a lot of sense

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    I wore a hat nearly all day after my transplant for almost a year, it had zero effect.

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    wow really? what sort of hat was it? like a beanie hat?

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    Quote Originally Posted by billyzane View Post
    wow really? what sort of hat was it? like a beanie hat?
    Right after the transplant I wore an adjustable snapback hat to account for swelling. Then after the swelling was gone and the sutures were removed I wore normal fitted hats or snapbacks with my normal adjustment level. You can really wear any hat you want though after 2 weeks post-op, hats won't cause hairloss or effect your transplant growth.

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    If you have strip, and choose to wear a baseball type cap, be sure that you wear one that has an adjustable band because you don't want undue tension above and/or below the sutures. Nor should the band be lying across the sutures themselves.

    It should fit more loose and not tight and wish you all the best...
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    I wore a snapback hat a notch looser than I normally would wear 5 days a week for about 8 hours on those days(Days I was at work). I wore the snapback for about 2 months and then I went to my fitted cap and wore that for and additional 2 months. Once I was into 4.5 month post op I was comfortable enough to go hatless and I couldn't tell you how great it feels. 5 months post op in 2 days and I'm loving it.

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    i wore a snapback constantly as well and had inflammation and pimples on one side with uneven growth

    but i still agree with GREAT JOB! on his assessment

    you'll be fine

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    Does a snapback sit on the hair? I've been wearing this beanie for around 4 hours a day, just went im out and about. It's loose on my head. You guys think its okay? I started wearing it around one month after the procedure.
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