Hair washing and bathing after tooth extraction will lead to repeated bleeding of the extraction wound, so it is not recommended to wash your hair and take a bath after tooth extraction.
1. It is not recommended to wash your hair and take a hot shower within 24 hours after tooth extraction, as showering will lead to accelerated blood circulation, repeated bleeding of the extraction wound, affecting the formation of blood clot and leading to the chance of local tissue infection.
2. It is not a problem to wash your hair and take a shower after 24 hours after tooth extraction. After 24 hours after tooth extraction, the blood clot is completely mechanized and formed in the extraction socket, and it is perfectly fine to wash your hair and take a shower at this time. So you can’t stimulate the extraction wound too early, it will easily cause the blood clot to fall off, which will lead to bacteria falling into the extraction wound, resulting in the occurrence of infection.
3. After the extraction of teeth to follow the doctor’s instructions, within 24 hours can not brush the teeth and gargle, can not eat too hot and too hot food, do not always spit, can not be strenuous exercise, can not take a hot bath, the need for post-operative follow-up in a timely manner.