Hair Restoration Blog

Q:

It’s been just over 4 weeks since I had my hair transplantation. I still have a few scabs. It just happened that while shampooing my hair, I ended up accidentally removing a scab and the area underneath the scab appeared red. The area that has gone red, I could not say for sure if there was any bleeding as I would have been washing it at the time with shampoo. Did I lose any graft? Its 4 weeks post op and I am not sure when I can get to my normal hair wash and I really don’t want to compromise with the results.

A:

Transplanted hair is vulnerable in the first 4 days. The most important day is the first day after surgery in which I would like to bring patients back to wash their hair professionally. You can read more on Dos and Don’ts after hair transplant in our web blog. Washing after hair transplant surgery is very meticulous, but after day 4 following a hair restoration surgery, transplanted hair follicles become part of your skin and you cannot dislodge them even if you remove hair. I usually recommend that my patients follow our washing and after hair transplant care directions on the first four days to minimize scabbing after hair transplant surgery and don’t use any other products.

In your case at 4 weeks after hair transplant, you should have been able to wash your hair in your routine long ago. At this time, you can use your regular shampoo and conditioner without being worried about losing your precious implanted hair grafts.