7 days after FUE hair transplant – Aug 20, 2020.
Heeerrre’s Jefffffrrreeeeeey*. I don’t know how much longer I can handle this. I’m going crazy from these sleepless nights, long days of work, and the shutdown from the pandemic.
Last night I finally slept in my bed and had the worst night sleep so far. Which is hard to believe, considering I’ve been sleeping upright on the couch for the past week.
Even though everything seems to be healing well, my head is sore, making it difficult to sleep on my back. After an hour of restlessness, I broke down and took a Tramadol in hopes of relieving the soreness and helping me sleep. Unfortunately, this didn’t work.
Part of the sleeplessness is caused because I’m still not using my CPAP machine. Not only did I not sleep, but my husband didn’t sleep because of my incessant snoring. I’m trying to wait two weeks before using my CPAP to make sure the straps don’t affect my grafts, and the rubbing on the donor area won’t cause me more discomfort.
My thought is once these grafts are secure and begin the shedding process, then I should be able to use my sleep machine. I’m not looking forward to the shedding process. Even though this is a natural and temporary process, I’m dreading seeing my new hair fall out and look balder.
It looks like it’s going to be another long day at work. It’s difficult enough staying motivated and focused during COVID, but now I’m exhausted and sleep-deprived.
I’m easily distracted and began researching my soreness to see if this is normal. I learned that the more damage to your scalp, the longer the recover. 2,800 grafts created numerous puncture wounds in my scalp, so it will take time to heal. I feel like this has been my mantra the past few days, and I’m starting to annoy myself by continually repeating this phrase. If I wasn’t quarantined, I probably wouldn’t be as obsessed.
Around 7 PM my head actually started to feel better. It still hurts, but it feels like I’m coming around the other side. It’s that, or I’m so tired that I can’t see straight and dreading another sleepless night.
Only 358 days are remaining before I know if my hair transplant is successful. It’s the antithesis of Amazon Prime with a 4hr to 2-day delivery.
Current regimen
- taking Finasteride
- stopped Rogaine, for now
- avoiding the sun
- Liposomal ATP spray – I stopped using it yesterday but decided this is expensive, and I’ll keep using it because it’s there.
*Reference to the movie, The Shining.
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