Why pre-op scalp exercises are necessary and what special exercise is the most beneficial for patient’s scalp laxity?

It is important to know that pre-op exercises are easy to perform and good for the scalp. Due to the help of exercises patients can assist to make their hair transplant experience a success so, he should start scalp exercises two months prior to surgery. Scalp exercises can enhance scalp laxity which may permit more hair grafts to be harvested in a single hair transplant session. Even transplant patients with good laxity can benefit in the after result of the surgery. These exercises are not physically demanding and only take just a few minutes. It’s essential to focus most of your effort on the back of your head, where hair grafts are most often sourced, but it is important to massage your whole head.

Here it is three-step exercise approach, which is the easiest way to prepare your scalp for surgery

    

1.  Clasp your hands and put your palms firmly on the back of your head, just above the boney bulge that runs horizontally at the back of your scalp.       
2.  Pull your hands forward toward your front scalp and gently start massaging and stretching the graft-area skin while at the same time moving your scalp up and down.
3.  Make sure that you move your scalp only and don’t let your fingers slip over your hair.

The surgeons recommend performing above exercise for 5 minutes in the morning and 5 minutes in the evening time daily and they have no negative side effects. The sooner you perform scalp exercises the better you get optimum results.