Can I Just Let the Scabs Come Off On Their Own Over a Few Weeks After My Hair Transplant?

Dr. Rassman,

Your website has been quite helpful. I had a quick question regarding a hair transplant I got almost 3 weeks ago now. I got 1000 grafts mainly in the vertex area and I grew my hair long to cover up the area until it healed. Since I can cover it up well I have been extremely careful with washing and letting the scabs try to come off by themselves. I wash the area as if I was still in the first few days as I try not to rub the area or pull on the grafts. My question is, letting the scabs take longer to heal and fall off, even at week 3 now, is it bad for the grafts to still have the scabs, or if im comfortable how it looks, is it safe to remain careful. Anytime I do try to break up some scabs I feel like they are pulling grafts out so Id rather just wait it out if that is safe for the grafts. One last thing is that I am not sure if you would consider what I have at this point scabbing, as it is just mostly white crusts covering the grafts. Thanks so much Dr. Rassman.

Once you allow the scabs to form after a hair transplant, they can take weeks to come off by themselves. This will not damage your grafts, just give you a cosmetic problem you would not have had had you washed them off as they formed.