I am indeed Sram. My Surgery was on the Thursday and I flew home Monday evening. I still had some slight swelling at this point and had close friends or family seen me at this point, they may well have noticed, but the general public, not a chance. Also, my hair is long enough so I could cover both recipient and donor area without any bother which helped immensely. Within 2 days of arriving home, my swelling was completely gone and that weekend I stayed popped I met up with my family and nobody noticed a thing. When I had my first HT, my temple were completely bald and, quite honestly, you could tell for maybe 8-9 months post-op that I had had HT surgery.
If you need any other info about the op, where I stayed, what i done etc., just give me a shout, I'd be happy help.
IR