Did I Pull out Grafts One Week After a Hair Transplant? (photo)

asked 3 months ago by Aaron87
Latest answer by Sheldon S. Kabaker, MD
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Tags: 1 week post-op, graft, normal, scab

I'm 24 year old male. I had a hair transplant of 3000 grafts 7 days ago. Tonight I washed my hair and gently rubbed it with my fingers because that's how my doctor advised me. What really scared me is that I could see some scabs in my hand that looked like grafts. They were the same size and they had hair in it. Is it possible that I pulled out some? And also, is it normal that my head is still full of scabs after 7 days? Shouldn't it heal faster? Are these cracks on my head normal?

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Scabs with hairs one week after a hair tanspl ant.

This is the normal course of events in that the crusts with the hairs fall out after about a week or two. The hair the start to regrow after 3 months. If they fall out withinn the first 3 days, then the grafts may have been lost. Your transplant surgeon should have told you about this and you should discuss it with him/her. Then cracks that show up on photography likely represent where the crusts fell off.

Sheldon S. Kabaker, MD
Oakland Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.kabaker.com

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Did I Pull out Grafts One Week After a Hair Transplant? (photo)

Scabs with hairs one week after a hair tanspl ant.

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