Does my hair transplant look okay 12 days post op? (Photos)

You need to contact your doctor for a check up as you likely have excessive scabbing and crusting on your scalp.

Thank you for the photos.  Things look right on track for 12 days.  Nothing to be anxious about. The scabs will come off.  We give our patients specific instructions on how to care for the grafts and scabs.  Be sure to be following the post op care instructions you received to ensure the best possible result.

By now the scabs should be completely or mostly gone. Gently rub them in the shower and they should come off fairly easily by now- check with your doctor about exactly what the best procedure to do this is. Other than that there really isn't anything to be monitoring at this point.

Thanks for posting your question and photos. I do not think you need to be very anxious; however, there are steps you should be considering at this point to improve the overall appearance of your head. It looks like you have lots of scabs and crusts after your hair transplant. The scabs are starting to fragment. The goal is for the scabs/crusts to fall off without damaging the transplanted follicles. Moisture will be very helpful to loosen crusting. You should follow your doctors recommendations on showering and shampooing. You should see further loosening of the scabs. You should visit your transplant surgeon if you are confused with the directions or concerned. The goal is to have every transplanted hair survive the journey. Best of luck!

It is always best to follow the post-op instructions that have been provided for you. At day 12, I would suggest that you wash off the scabbing and crusting that you have left. Use baby shampoo and gently rub off the scabs in the shower.The grafts have been firmly implanted by 7-10 days so you will be safe to get rid of this scabbing. If you have any questions though it is always best to notify the doctor that performed the surgery and have follow ups. 

You have terrible crusting. Your biggest enemy is the progressive thinning leading to a balding pattern that is not evident at this point in time. The degree of thinning that you are experiencing would suggest that you should see a doctor who most likely will get Bulk Measurements of your hair to determine the degree of the thinning that you are presently having. If the diagnosis is early genetic hair loss (the most common cause of hair loss in young men), then the best treatment would be the drug finasteride which is highly effective in men of your age and may not only stop the hair loss but possibly reverse it. If you are developing a more advanced balding pattern the best test to get will determine the Bulk Measurements of your hair and this will show, over a one-year time frame, how effective the treatment will be. Once you know this information, then you and your doctor need to develop a MASTER PLAN which will define what you needI don't like the idea of anyone removing grafts that have scabs on them because we have published a paper in a formal medical journal, that when a person pulls off a scab (crust) from a recipient area in less than 12 days, the risk of losing the graft is very high. Put a shampoo on your head and let it sit for 10-15 minutes, then gently work the crusts with your fingers. This will take days to get the crust off so that you do not disturb the grafts. See the medical paper we wrote in a major journal below in the web reference that proves my point.