I Wore a Hat After My Transplant and Some Grafts Fell Out

hello doc, I have two questions

I had a hair transplant 5 days ago, and in that time I have been wearing a hat. I just realized that my hat was breaking off a few transplanted grafts. When I look closely the stub of transplanted hair is still in my scalp but the rest of it has broken off. Do you think I killed my grafts this way?

Also, I washed my hair the day after my HT procedure but then i read somewhere that I wasn’t supposed to wash it for 3 days. Could washing my grafts with a sponge and water next day after HT damage the grafts completely?

Thank you for your time

Please follow up with your doctor on aftercare instructions. Every doctor is different with the post-surgical care. I do not now what you really did or if the grafts were actually lost. I’m not sure what you should be doing after your surgery, as I was not your surgeon and don’t know anything about your procedure or case.

In general, most patients (at least here at NHI) wash their hair the next day and wear loose hats without an issue.