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Spaces between grafts 5 days after hair transplant, is this normal? (photos)

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Madalin 77Sep 19, 2017

Last week I had hair transplant and after i washed my hair for the 5th day I noticed that something changed ,by that i mean that now i see some spaces between the grafts . I'll give you some before and after pictures so you can see what i mean . It's normal or is there any problem ?

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