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The first night and a day after the procedure:

1. ​​Avoid touching hitting or scratching your head. You must take extreme caution when entering low roofed areas like cars and aircraft. Bend slightly more than normal.
2. ​Drink lots of water, do not use extra salt or sugar in your food.
3. Do not put extra pressure on your stomach area. Your movements should be slow and not rapid.
4. Sleep on double pillows your head elevated facing upwards at least for the first 5 nights.
5. ​Apply ice-pack on your forehead every two hours for 5 minutes.

Within 2 weeks after the procedure:

1. Wear a cap while going outside to protect the recipient area.
2. Avoid alcohol and smoking for the first week after the surgery.
3. Shampoo your head gently twice a day with mild warm water and the shampoo provided by your doctor. Dry the head by gently patting with a towel.
4. Avoid doing strenuous exercises.
5. Do not go for swimming the first few days after surgery until the crusts are out and your scalp is completely healed.
6. If you normally wear wigs or prosthesis, do not wear them for this period
7. Avoid multivitamins, aspirin 3 days after the surgery.