Scabs on donor area

It is best to contact your doctor about post operative care and instructions since each doctor has a different regimen.

Your doctor may suggest an antibiotic ointment.  Make sure your hands are always clean when applying anything to the donor area.

I generally ask my patients not be too aggressive with scabs, especially 5 days out.  You want the least amount of scarring following the procedure and scabs picked too early may cause poor healing and increased scaring. If they are left alone and then gently massaged off (not picked) 7 days after the procedure, that seems to be the best approach.  You may want to apply some Aquaphor, which you can buy at most pharmacies.  Apply it to the donor site scabs a couple times a day and this will soften them up and improve eventual scab shedding/healing.

An FUE is treated just like a regular hair transplant with regard to the recipient area, but the donor area has open wounds which require daily washing with soap and water. Within 3 days of surgery, you can resume full activities, heavy exercises if you wish. The recipient area requires daily washes as well to keep the recipient area free of crusts. I generally recommend the use of a sponge and supply my patient with a surgical sponge to fill with soapy water and press on the recipient area daily. By repeating this daily, all crusts can be washed off without any fear of losing grafts. IF any crust is present, use a Q tip and dip it into soapy water, and roll it on the crusts and that will lift them off without dislodging them, but never rub them, just roll the Q tip on the recipient crust. I like to see no evidence of any crusting in the recipient area and the crusts from the donor area gone in 3-4 days with daily washing.