Dried blood looks like ants. Does normal hair transplant look like this? 1 week post-op. (Photo)

It is best to contact your surgeon about post operative care as each doctor has their unique regimen. You are likely not washing/ cleaning your scalp as well enough.

These are just scabs/crusts that normally form after a procedure.However by 7 days these should pretty much be gone.You need more aggressive massage and washing but you should check with your surgeon.

İt looks normal for 5 th day .You may start to wash your transplant area at second day of surgery with care and massage the transplant area gently so the scabs will fall off... After two weeks of hair transplantation  it is acceptable  to wash hairs as normal /preoperative period of surgery. All scabs should be cleaned with pressured (not gentle) massage to transplant area  after 2 weeks .Dont forget that you may wash your head with normal pressure and if you need you can use a wet towel with soap for massage the scabby area, it Works very well to remove scabs .Patient may feel free to loosen any scabs on his/her head by massaging and that will not  damage the grafts after 2 weeks . 

An FUE is treated just like a regular hair transplant with regard to the recipient area, but the donor area has open wounds which require daily washing with soap and water. Within 3 days of surgery, you can resume full activities, heavy exercises if you wish. The recipient area requires daily washes as well to keep the recipient area free of crusts. I generally recommend the use of a sponge and supply my patient with a surgical sponge to fill with soapy water and press on the recipient area daily. By repeating this daily, all crusts can be washed off without any fear of losing grafts. IF any crust are present, use a Q tip and dip it into soapy water, and roll it on the crusts and that will lift them off without dislodging them, but never rub them, just roll the Q tip on the recipient crust. I like to see no evidence of any crusting in the recipient area and the crusts from the donor area gone in 7-10 days with daily washing.

You should have received post-op instructions from your doctor and you should follow them to make sure that you are getting the best results. This looks fairly standard for 1 week but you should be able to start washing that all off at this point. I typically tell my patients to wait 7-10 days and then you can start to aggressively wash all of the scabbing off to make sure that the area is clean.