If cephalosporin hypersensitivity exists, azithromycin or ciprofloxacin may be substituted. Some surgeons will also use topical antibiotics during the postoperative period to reduce risk of wound infection, although no benefit has yet been established. Some surgeons will use oral antibiotics 3-5 days postoperatively to reduce risk of infection. Corticosteroids Many surgeons administer oral or intramuscular corticosteroids to reduce postoperative swelling, although little data are available supporting this practice. Some patients will require oral narcotics for the first few days after hair transplantation.
Most surgeons advocate use of surgical dressing to minimize risk of graft loss.
Some surgeons use no postoperative dressing and have patients wear a baseball cap. Significant advances in hair transplantation have made this procedure more popular and have led to superior results, which are often undetectable to the layperson. Dissecting microscope versus magnifying loupes with transillumination in the preparation of follicular unit grafts. A bilateral controlled study. Chest hair used as donor material in hair restoration surgery.