Shown in the photo are scabs removed from the transplant area 12 days post-op. Are the needle-like white things attached to the scabs actually dried-up hair follicles? If so, is it safe to assume that these grafts are lost forever (meaning no hair will grow in that spot), or is there a possibility that the root (papilla?) of the graft has taken and will regenerate the dislodged part?
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It is safe to remove the scabs after ten days you shouldn't pull out forcefully but may be after the shower when try are a bit looser play with them with your finger tips and they will start to fall off.
Stem cell is still under investigation and research. There may be some doctors that offer it in some countries but the prof that it works has not been established yet .
Many people following a hair transplant will develop swelling in the forehead and a few might swell into the eyelids. I generally recommend that the two procedures be separated in time. Either the eyelid or the hair transplant surgery can be first, but wait 2 weeks between them because if you...
