Can Grafts Be Pulled out 10 Days After a Hair Transplant? (photo)

6,000 is a lot!  That's a lot of scabs and a lot of hair that will fall out with scabs.  Don't sweat it, however, as the follicles should be integrated into the scalp by now. 

Thanks for your question. I can appreciate your concern as it appears your were gently washing the recipient area and some scabs with hair appeared to fall out. This is a common phenomenon post hair transplant. My advise is that you should be very careful with the washing at such an early stage post procedure. I strongly advise clients not to rub the recipient area for at least 2 weeks post procedure. Washing with a saline spray and gently dabbing the recipient is ok to release the scabs/crusts but there should be no sheering force on the grafts.

Thank you for your question.  It is not unusual for a person to shed hair after having a Hair Transplant.  It's actually quite common.  I would just make sure you are rubbing very gentle and follow your providers post operative care instructions.  Best of luck to you. 

Dear Sami_YounisThanks for the question. Shedding of hair grafts after a operation can be noticed anywhere between 1-5 months after the hair transplant procedure. Patients are often alarmed by the continued loss of hair, however, a few months after the operation, they can be assured that new hairs will eventually grow back again. I wish you all the best.

The grafts at 10 days post op are all healed in place. Only trauma can disrupt the these graft now. Simple pulling of the hair will not cause harm. 

While it is difficult to say whether or not you were pulling out grafts or just removing scabs with shedding hair shafts, I never recommend picking at the scabs due to the potential risk for graft removal.  That being said, it is difficult to remove the grafts after about one week.
I tell my patients just to wash the recipient area gently without picking at the scabs.  With any hair transplant, there will be a small percentage of grafts that are lost or unsuccessful, but overall this number should be quite small.
All this best,

Thank you for your question.  After a few days the grafts are well incorporated.  The grafted hair will grow nicely for first 10-14 days then 50-75% of the hair will shed temporarily. The small crusts around the micrographs will fall off naturally at around 10-14 days.  You can wash your hair daily and gently with a mild shampoo.  Try not to remove the crusts and allow them to fall off naturally.   Discuss your concerns with your surgeon. 

If what you see are big chunks of skin they are likely dried up hair grafts that did not take.  You can lose 1 to 2 grafts by accident for every 1000 grafts that was transplanted during the healing process.  If you are concerned about your potential loss, you should follow up with your doctor for a recheck.6000 grafts by the way is a unusually high number for one surgery.

Yes its very possible that grafts can be pulled out. By 11 days much of the healing has already taken place but with enough effort grafts can still be pulled. If its true that you actually had 6000 grafts then the resulting trauma to the scalp would be immense which may delay healing causing those grafts to be more fragile. Its possible that you may have had two grafts placed into one site or perhaps for other reasons the graft didn't take. Also know that often scabs will fall off with hairs in them but this does not mean that the follicle was removed, just that the hair shaft shed. 

Follicular grafts or transplanted hairs usually take about 7-10 days to anchor adequately. This is also the time it picks up the blood supply from the recipient skin. It is advisable to clean your scalp very gently during the initial week following hair transplant. After this time one may apply a little more pressure and wash the scalp. Scabs and hair shafts do tend to fall after the 2nd week when the grafts slip into the resting cycle of growth. This is a common phenomenon and one must not be concerned much about this as the hairs start to grow back after about 2 and half to 3 month's time. Once the graft is taken in the recipient skin then only the hair shafts fall. If the whole of the follicle comes out (rarely if ever), it only means that the graft wasn't adequately placed in the skin pocket.Improperly placed follicles during implantation get desiccated and then fall leading to loss of precious grafts.