Regular Member Scooby Posted April 17, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted April 17, 2008 Hey guys hope your all well, quick question, i still have alot of scabs at the recipient site, am i being way to gentle when cleaning? i ve been looking at a few peoples pictures and evryone seems quite clean after a week, any tips on how to get it clean, ive started using my finger pads today with shampoo and that helped, but even though i have alot of native hair im worried i wont be ready for a chop my monday when im due back at work My Hair Loss WebLog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Scooby Posted April 17, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 17, 2008 Hey guys hope your all well, quick question, i still have alot of scabs at the recipient site, am i being way to gentle when cleaning? i ve been looking at a few peoples pictures and evryone seems quite clean after a week, any tips on how to get it clean, ive started using my finger pads today with shampoo and that helped, but even though i have alot of native hair im worried i wont be ready for a chop my monday when im due back at work My Hair Loss WebLog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member maxzor Posted April 17, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted April 17, 2008 My doctor adviced me to try to remove the scabs within 2 weeks. After 16 days the risk of losing grafts is very minimal. So you can use more force to try to get rid of the scabs. According to my surgeon having scabs for too long can have a (very minimal) negative influence on the result. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member hairbank Posted April 17, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted April 17, 2008 The trick on scabs is to gently work on them as soon as possible. Yes, by day 16 they really should be gone and your grafts are seated so, check with your Doc, but you can probably work them much more aggressively now..........just don't use your fingernails ! Hairbank 1st HT 1-18-05 - 1200 FUT's 2nd HT 2-15-06 - 3886 FUT's Dr. Wong 3rd HT 4-24-08 - 2415 FUT's Dr. Wong GRAND TOTAL: 7501 GRAFTS current regimen: 1.25mg finasteride every other day My Hair Loss Weblog Disclaimer: I'm not a Doctor (and have never played one on TV ) and have no medical training. Any information I share here is in an effort to help those who don't like hair loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Scooby Posted April 17, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 17, 2008 thanks guys gonna try and get rid of those scabs, getting bored of seeing them hehe My Hair Loss WebLog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member JoDirt Posted April 17, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted April 17, 2008 Scooby this is what my doctor did to remove my scabs..wash your hair, soak shampoo on your graft area for 5 minutes. rinse the shampoo off, bloat dry, while the scabs is still bit wet, use a qtip and gently roll the scabs over, they will come off cleanly like wallpaper. put a lil bit pressure if you need to. thats how my doctor tech got all the scabs off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member Scooby Posted April 17, 2008 Author Regular Member Share Posted April 17, 2008 thanks jodirt, i gt the majority off today and it all looks alot better, ive started to shed aswell, as couple of hairs were attached to some of the larger scabs,i thik the rest should be following suit over coming weeks My Hair Loss WebLog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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