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Trimming 10 days after beard transplant?

hanii88Sep 10, 2016
Hello , its day 10 since i transplanted a full beard od 2000 units am still hiding this and i have work in 5 days , am refusing to reveal this transplant surgery to any one so i really want to trim it with 0.5 degree trimmer considering not harm any graft , cursts are all gone , i healed so fast ,(Fue)

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