Scabbing 20 Days After a Hair Transplant
I underwent a mega session of 2884 grafts and was worried on the 20th day as my scabs didnt fall off. So I contacted my doctor who told me to do a gentle massage. I did it but during this massage what I noticed was that there were some scabs that had hair attached to it. Does it mean I have pulled the graft even after 20 days!?
I would like to clear that i massaged with my fingers ( not nails ) in a slow circular motion.
Waiting anxiously for a quick response.
I’m confused. You called your doctor who performed your surgery to ask about scabs, but you’re asking me if the grafts were pulled out? The problem is that you should not have waited until 3 weeks after surgery to do a proper washing of your recipient sites!
Some of the hairs should be falling out on their own with or without scabs, but the roots of the grafts will still be in place, as seen in the article we published in 2006 — Graft Anchoring in Hair Transplantation [PDF file].
Dear all,
I appreciate your effort in this website as I find it very informative.
That being said, when someone is scared about his grafts falling off, you should not be emphasizing on the problem that already happened, i.e waiiting for the scabs on the 20th day. The guy already know his problem. He is asking the possibility of his scabs falling off.
Corrected last sentence:grafts falling off.