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Did I damage some grafts? I'm 12 days post FUE surgery (Photo)

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salahyyOct 21, 2015

I did read a lot about how gently should I be when I am washing my head a and clean the hair transplanted area but today I have applied some pressure to remove the scabs all looks alright a part from one area I can see fresh blood around some grafts please refer to the photo I have attached... I have asked my doctor but he takes fees days to replay and I am worried if I lost the grafts

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That definitely does not look like 2500 grafts and it looks like the grafts are very large.  You can almost count them yourself on the pictures.  You may need to have this corrected by a qualified hair restoration doctor.  If you are in southern California there are multiple great doctors to ch...

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