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Is my donor area healing well? What can I do to make it heal faster and how long will it take? (photo)

Isingh3
I’m 18 years old and I received an FUE hair transplant of 3000 grafts about a month ago The recipet area seems to be a bit pink with noticeable incision marks (sometimes not all the time) and the hair falling. Currently I apply Minoxidil and castor oil mixed with coconut oil 2x daily. (The pimples came even before I started applying these) and I have been avoiding infections. My FUE was in India and I asked the surgeon about it but he always tells me it’s normal and give it a month to recover.

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