I had a beard transplant 5 days ago. I am concerned that my herpes is acting up on my recipient scabbing area?

At 5 days, you have far too many crusts on your beard. What you are seeing is probably the crusting not the Herpes. You should nevertheless start taking your acyclovir because wounds like this tend to bring on the Herpes, possibly in the recipient wounds themselves.Many doctors would have put you on the acyclovir just for having a beard and mustache hair transplant. You need proper washing of your crusts to get them off.  See your doctor as you shouldn’t look like this at 5 days, it is poor post-operative management.