and Chris

[Guest guest]

Hi and

Bandage removal and getting incision wet/washing hair... are

different per surgeon and type of incision he does. I'd think

closure of the incision would also be a factor as well. My surgeon

told my husband and my friend, twin_sharon these exact words. " I

know she's going to want to wash her hair tomorrow and that is fine,

just make sure she does it gently and dries hair immediately and

applies ointment.'' I had the small incision with my surgery and

sutures sewn behind my ear were the same as a plastic surgeon uses

for facial plastic surgery. All this varies with each surgeon, so

please follow what surgeon tells you to do. I was very surprised

these instructions were given to me post op, as I expected to not be

able to wash my hair for several days. Do have to admit..it made me

feel so much better to have clean hair so soon after the surgery.

Before showering, I had to saturate a cotton ball with neosporin to

place in my ear to block out water. Further instructions were to

keep cotton in my ear with neosporin for several days and to change

this several times a day as well. I had no pressue due to built up

wax or anything else. I believe the neosporin trick in ear helped me

tremendously because it kept my ear from being exposed to any

polution and softened whatever debree might have accumulated during

surgery. For all future implantees, this might be a question to ask

your surgeon about and his/her thoughts on it.

Good luck to everyone here at the forum !!

Dixie