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Scabs that won’t heal post hair transplant (Photo)

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becknlew1721Jan 18, 2024

In June 2022 I underwent a hair transplant to my hairline. I have since notice a spot, that has looked like a scab they won’t heal. I have removed the scab a few times but after a while, the scab returns. I now have a few spots in the same area. They look like the puncture spots where the hair was transplanted. I have wondered if it’s possibly an ingrown hair. I can’t imagine this is normal?

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