I have removed my scabs in day 7, did I damage the follicles ?

[sayian]

Hello, I am concerned, I am in day 8 after hair transplant done in Turkey with *** technique and I have removed 90% of my scabs yesterday in day 7, with slight massage, some fell down with parts of hair, no bleeding was seen or pain but some crusts fell not easy, I had to put some scratch in it. Question : have I damaged my follices or lost them ? opinion ? I dont see any blood on head Regards

[John P. Cole, MD]

Bob Bernstein did an interesting study many years ago where he began pulling on grafts and scabs over several sequential days following hair transplantation. He was unable to dislodge any grafts by tugging on them or the scab after day six. Thus, you are most likely just fine especially if you saw no bleeding. The only area of concern is the tiny vessels, which begin growing to the grafts on about day 4. I would not move the grafts around too much as this might disrupt this blood supply. However, even then, you are probably just fine.