Are My Grafts Coming Out?

I had my hair transplant a month ago and i did not touch the grafted area once for the first 10 days except for tincing it with water mixed with shampoo. After the 10 days I started to shampoo the grafted area directly. I also noticed that the scabs where starting to flake off and li looked like I had dandruff so i would vigorously run my hands through the grafted area to get rid of the scabs. I also from time to time pick at the scabs. Sometimes I pick a scab and it has a hair with it a few time i picked a scab and there was a black dot in the center of it. does that mean a graft came out? I am scared no that i may have picked out a graft. How can I tell if I the grafts also come off with the scab or is it generally safe to do so. I have been quite aggressive with rubbing my hair and the little hairs keep falling off. Also during the first 10 days someone touched me on my forehead and the front of the donar area. i felt a sharp pain on the grafted area where the hand was put against the flow of hair but there was no bleeding so does that mean that no grafts where damaged from the front.

These are the questions you should be asking your doctor. At a month, I am certain that the grafts are secure and that what you are seeing is the failure to achieve good hygene. Washing your hair is critical and these flakes that you see are now just shedding skin. You need to see or speak with your doctor and get your washing routine worked out. All of our patients wash their hair the day after surgery, get the recipient area clean and keep it clean with one or two washings per day. By a week, you should just look like your hair is shaved, with no evidence of any transplant visually evident.

Update:

I took this photo yesterday of a patient 12 days after his procedure (around 2100 grafts). I just wanted to show what a typical patient’s recipient area looks like in such a short amount of time.