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I guess a key is to look out for the level of "anger" and whether they disappear by themselves or just get worse and worse.

Seems like post op pimples are more than common. However when are pimples not mere pimples but a sign of infection? I read if the area around the pimple is red it's not a good sign. However that doesn't really help since the entire recipient is usually covered in post op redness for a few weeks or months even. Tenderness has been listed as well. But I think pimples are always tender or hurt a bit when you push them. Are there any other obvious warning signs someone has to look out for? Size, shape, colour, swelling?

Thanks. I would think so too given the amount of the dose. After all there the FUE extractions are usually much deeper so they would have bled much more if my blood had been thinned. But it all seemed to heal quickly. Just comes to show though that you have to be super careful with what you take or put on to yourself before surgery. I imagine a lot of people would unknowingly slap on voltaren gel on sore muscles before surgery and that's a NSAID as well.

Thanks so much for clarifying! I'm just feeling very paranoid at the moment because I realised I accidentally took a low dose of an NSAID (Flurbiprofen 8.75mg lozenge) which could have thinned my blood. Thinned blood may could have led to the grafts being pushed out. However there was no excessive bleeding during or after surgery so think it did not affect me. Very stupid mistake though.

Thanks for the reply. So the hooks are ok but what what about the thicker black bulb? I' asking because they look so similar to actual grafts without the white issue around it.

I pretty much shedded all transplanted hairs by day 20. I'm really concerned about the black bulb at the end. Are those dead/dried out grafts or typical shedded hair hooks? Is it possible that too much bleeding pushed the grafts too much out of the slits that they stayed in the skin but dried out and died? Thanks for the responses.

I had my FUE procedure (1800 grafts) twenty days ago. The day of surgery I accidentally had Strepsil Intensive (Flurbiprofen 8.75mg) lozenges because of a sore throat. At the time I did not realise that Flurbiprofen was one of the forbidden medications as it thins blood. During the surgery I even asked the doctor if it's ok to take the lozenges. He allowed me to do it but he may not have know that it contained Flurbiprofen. There was not much bleeding during or after the surgery but the days after I had a lot of crusts. The doctor did not mention having any complications during the surgery. When the crusts come of it looked like a lot of grafts were missing. My fear now is that the grafts never had the chance to anchor properly because of thinned blood and were pushed out of the slits. Can anyone provide info on this? I feel like I butchered my own procedure. I am not expecting much growth because I cannot see much hair at all. I think I also found a dislodged dried out graft.