When can I start smoking after hair transplant?

Many patients wonder: can we smoke after a hair transplant? Well, hair transplant surgeons usually recommend that patients abstain from smoking about one week before the surgery and two weeks after the hair transplant procedure.

However, it may be ideal to allocate a couple of months before and after the operation to help optimize the results. One cigarette after a hair transplant is not going to make any difference, but the fact is that usually regular smokers find hard to smoke just a single cigarette. So, despite the fact that even long-term smokers can obtain good results after a hair surgery, the medical recommendation is always to stop smoking before and after a hair transplant.