Immediately following your hair transplant, you will have fresh incisions that are clean, but look like a rash. On the second day, a small scab the size of a pin head may be visible and may remain for 2 to 9 days after the hair transplant.
By the 7th to 9th day, your scalp should be virtually scab free. At this point, any hair (not grafts) that did not fall off with the scabs will grow for 3 to 6 weeks before being shed. Your hair will then remain dormant for about 2 months. At 3 months, you will experience slow hair growth. This is what is called the active growth stage. Itching in the recipient area or discomfort in the donor area may occur at this time, but this sensation will pass in a few months. The incision in the donor area will be healed by this stage and will continue to improve. Some patients may develop small pimples (folliculitis) around the transplanted area as hair emerges. If this occurs and persists, please notify Dr. Kevin Ende, M.D. in Englewood, NJ for treatment.