I'm 2 months post procedure, did I damage my entire transplant after pulling out the grafts?

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Had a hair transplant exactly two months ago. My grafts were not falling and they had not grown at all. They were very sharp and were causing irritation in my skin. I pulled all of them them out with tweezers and they came out incredibly easily.

Daniel J. Lee, MD, FACS, ABHRS · Answer

After two months the follicles that were grafted had been incorporated into the skin where they were placed.  You wouldn't be able to pull out the entire follicle.  You pulled out hair that was growing from the follicle.  About three quarters of the hairs that get transplanted will fall out within the first few months.  They will then start growing from the third month on.  So you can expect new hairs to grow from the follicles in several months.  So no, I doubt very much that you damaged your entire transplant.

Prima Tossaborvon, MD, MSc · Answer

At this month, the hair will detach from the follicle and wait to fall out soon. If you can pull it out very easily, I believe that only the hair shaft was pulled out but the follicle still remains under the scalp. It means that you didn't damage the transplanted hair.

William Woessner, MD · Answer

If you waited until 2 months post op it is unlikely that you were able to pull out the bulbs, which is the part that grows the transplant hair. You will need to wait 4-6 more months to see what growth you are getting. Use Minoxidil 5% to help the transplanted hair.

Sara Salas, MD · Answer

No in my opinion you did not pull out your grafts at two months. They were hairs that were supposed to have shed. Next time ask your clinic the proper way to help shedding post op.

Parsa Mohebi, MD, FISHRS · Answer

Usually transplanted hair falls within the first 3 or 4 weeks and new hair strat growing from the same follicles in 2-3 months. Ocasionally some patient never lose their hair shaft and hair start growing immediately after the procedure. In that case you should not be able to remove them with twizers. I am sure you have discussed it with your doctor but if not, it is important to tell him/her what happend and you should evalauted for the cause of this.

Karl Hekimian, MD · Answer

At two months it is unlikely you did any damage, though you should inform your surgeon and see if he/she wants to examine the area

Ilhan Serdaroglu, MD · Answer

If your grafts came out incredibly easily with tweezers and does not cause any  pain it means they are not living follicular units . these are not growing hairs .   those are nonliving grafts and you  just pull out the death hair shaft.

William Rassman, MD (retired) · Answer

If you picked off your scabs (crusts) then this process can pull out the grafts. There is a critical risk in the first 2 weeks.  Scabs should be washed off.  Your surgeon should have given you the instructions for this.  We wash our patients hair in our office the very next day and get all of the crusts off on day one. Read the article on graft anchoring which I wrote to address this risk (below)

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