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Can grafts be pulled out 6 months after hair transplant?

craig8Dec 3, 2016
I had a 2800 graft hair transplant 6 months ago, its grown well but today I had a spa day with my wife and a facial done, the lady who did the facial was really massaging/pull my hair quite hard at one point, is it possible she may of pulled the grafts out?

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