Can you loose grafts after 1st wash?

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I had my first hair wash today after transplant and seen a lot of small hairs in the sink i’m Wondering were these grafts or small hairs from my head being shaved for procedure?

Anil R. Shah, MD · Answer

Hello,Washing your hair after a hair transplantation is an important to survival.  We usually have our patients start spraying hair with lactated ringers with liposomal ATP as well as other growth factors twice a day to help your hair process start ASAP.  Actual hair washing usually takes place several days after the procedure.  There are several advantages to this approach:
Healing improved
Decreased inflammation and redness
Improved blood supply and uptake 
 Best,Dr. Anil Shah

Hussain Rahal, MD · Answer

Hello,
Most likely those are the shaved hairs from preparing for surgery. Any grafts falling out so early would have created some bleeding from the sites and if this did not occur, its not damaged or fallen grafts. Having said that, its always best to be careful and gentle with the transplanted hairs until day 14 post surgery.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

Within 3 days of surgery, I tell my patients that they can resume full activities, heavy exercises if they 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 and you should be clean of crusts within a day. IF any crust is 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

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