As the title asks, does infection destroy the implanted/recipient hair grafts or follicles? Does anyone have any experience with infection affecting their hair transplant or their end result?
I'm on my 2nd month post op and I had just realized that I was washing my hair and head under a dirty faucet (please see penultimate photo below). The faucet was filled with black grime and dirt because the person responsible didn't clean it for years, I think. I know I should have done my due diligence and checked the faucet before using it but what is done is done and I am already kicking myself.
On my first month I didn't use the faucet as I was exclusively using filtered water. There were no pimples.
On the 31st day, I started using the faucet and this is when I started getting pimples everyday. There were new pimples everyday but I did not have six (6) simultaneous pimples in a day. At one point, it even had this web-like strings (please see last picture). I will attach in this post samples of those pimples. Just last week I had lots of pimples and I sent them to my doctor who now prescribed me antibiotics.
Question: So what would I expect to be the end result in view of the possible infections that I had or have? Would I see patches in my recipient area because the infection destroyed the hair grafts underneath?
Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thank you very much.