Can You Drink Wine After Hair Transplant?
Genetic hair loss affects 80% of men. A hair transplant at Iranian Surgery can help you get rid of the problem for good. But, should you avoid alcohol before and after your hair transplant?
The Harmful Effects of Alcohol
Alcohol alters your reactions and perception of your environment. The oral and gastric mucosa allow alcohol to enter the bloodstream and internal organs. The liver is responsible for the slow degradation.
Messenger substances and the processing of electrical nerve impulses are inhibited in the brain. The ability to respond is slowed. Because alcohol dehydrates the body, the fluid balance is disrupted. Body temperature continues to fall. Confusion, disorientation, and sleepiness worsen.
Alcohol, a cell poison, damages mucous membrane cells, causing the liver to become fatty. Tumor growth is accelerated. The destruction of brain cells reduces the volume of the brain.
Wounds can only close slowly because blood clotting is also impaired. The possibility of bacteria migrating is greatly increased.
Is The Consumption of Alcohol Allowed Before a Hair Transplant?
To avoid any sensation of pain during a hair transplant at Iranian Surgery, your surgeon will apply a local anesthetic to the scalp. Drinking alcohol prior to hair transplantation, whether champagne, wine, beer, or other alcoholic beverages, will result in the anesthetic not taking full effect.
You may experience discomfort during the procedure. Furthermore, alcohol dilutes the blood. This makes individual dosing of the local anesthetic difficult. During the procedure, there is more bleeding due to the blood-thinning effect.
The FUE method’s heavy bleeding delays the insertion of hair follicles. Hair roots’ sensitive cells can be separated from the skin for a maximum of six hours. It is critical that there is no excessive bleeding during the procedure.
If the hair follicles remain outside the body for an extended period of time, the sensitive cells will be permanently damaged. The transplanted grafts’ growth rate is slowed. Hair transplants die and fall out.
Are You Allowed to Consume Alcohol After a Hair Transplant?
Consult your doctor about when you can resume drinking alcoholic beverages following your hair transplant. Alcohol can cause additional bleeding even after the procedure because it is a stressor for the body.
The stitches take longer to heal. Because alcohol affects the immune system, the risk of infection rises. In the donor and recipient areas, alcohol can promote severe, purulent infections.
Alcohol consumption significantly reduces the effect of the antibiotic you receive during treatment. It can no longer keep you safe from infections. The production of sweat is increased by drinks containing alcohol. The crusts tear or become softened. Redness and swelling persist for a longer period. Visible scars form. The growth of the implanted hairs is made more difficult. Many grafts die and the hair falls out.
Alcohol leads to the increased release of stress hormones. These increase the damage to the remaining hair.
What Negative Effects Does Alcohol Have on Hair Transplantation?
The sensitive cells of the hair roots are damaged as a result of a lack of nutrients to the tissue. The hair is fine, brittle, and frail. Their life expectancy is drastically reduced.
Newly transplanted hairs are especially vulnerable. The grafts are unable to firmly anchor, and the follicles die. In the worst-case scenario, hair transplantation results in only sparse, weak hair due to the slower growth rate.
When Can You Drink Alcohol Again After a Hair Transplant?
You should not drink alcohol for at least ten days after the hair transplant. Since alcohol hurts the result of the hair transplant, it is better to abstain from it even longer.
About Iranian Surgery
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