donor hair excercises?

[BradPiff]

is there anyway to massage your donor hair or something so you can grow more?.. im curious because i have lower than average donor hair and i wanna be able to grow more to have a successful transplant if i get one done that is.

[Dr. Lindsey]

Scalp exercises won't make you grow more hair, but can increase the "stretchiness" of your scalp so that a wider strip can be excised without an increase in scarring. We ask all preop patients to do scalp exercises 3 times a day for a couple of weeks preop.

Dr. Lindsey McLean VA

[BradPiff]

what are some good scalp exercises to do?

[Dr. Lindsey]

We have you pinch or squeeze the strip site on the back of your head, as if you are trying to compress the 2 sides of your scalp where your strip will be excised. Our patients do this a minute before every meal for 2 or 3 weeks preop. In fact a guy we are doing a 2nd case on right now, had a tight scalp last year, and was quite stretchable today. He did a great job with the exercises. Unfortunately he forgot and drank green tea so it was bloody....

Dr. Lindsey McLean VA