Under normal circumstances, the hair in the grafts following a hair transplant will fall out. This process begins approximately 2 to 3 weeks after the transplant. The reason is quite simple. Following transplantation, the hair follicles move from the deeper adipose tissue or fat to a junction between the adipose and the dermis. Put in simple terms, the bulbs move toward the surface of the skin. At this point, the hair follicles will remain dormant for three to twelve months before resuming growth and moving in into the deeper layers of the skin or fat at the same time. In rare instances, the hair follicles will stay in the growing phase following hair transplantation, but this is exceedingly uncommon. In your case, the most likely scenario is that you have hair follicles that are in the dormant phase, but they did not fall out. This would not be a good thing. If the hair is continuing to grow, the hair will become longer each day and it would be close to 1/2 inch or 1.25 cm after one month. If the hair is not getting longer, it is dormant and the hair follicles should be removed from the scalp to avoid a foreign body reaction much like when you get a splinter in your finger. Try pinching a few hairs between your thumb and index finger and see if the hair follicles come out easily like removing a pin from soft butter. Don't pull so hard that you would pluck a hair. If hairs come out easily and they look like tiny "Js" (we call them J hairs), then you have dormant hair follicles. Either way, I would return to see your physician and have him check to see if you have dormant hair follicles. He an easily remove them with tweezers. Removal will help prevent you from getting cysts or pimples later on. with regard to your second question, after 25 days, your grafts are solidly in and you have nothing to worry about. Take a fine tooth comb, lay it flat on the scalp, and lift the scabs off. If you wet the hair first, the hair will likely come out more easily. Your doctor can do this for you too if you are nervous. You may see some hair follicles attached to the scabs and they will likely have a characteristic J appearance. If the scabs do not come off easily with this comb method, have your physician check you.