What can explain loosing a graft on day 13 post op?

[secondtryuser]

Hey guys,

 

So this morning, after a shower, I found a graft. The photo attached isn't very clear, but there is a hair coming out of the thicker end of the white thing on the photo.

 

It's definitely a graft, and the white thing is obviously the dead skin. There was no blood. The way it looks on the photo is the way I found it, ie white and obviously dead. The only way I can explain it myself is that it had been in my hair since the operation and I found it today, but it had been out a while. Otherwise there would be blood, right? Or is it possible for dead grafts to still be anchored in the scalp and then eventually come out?

 

Does anyone know why I could find a dead graft on day 13?

 

Thanks

[secondtryuser]

I guess my main worry is that if it is possible for a dead graft to 'sit inside' the scalp, there could be many more dead grafts that will come out too when they're ready

[secondtryuser]

More today....

[ZeoRanger]

I don't think their dead grafts. Just scabs with hairs in them. If your scalpt rejected the grafts (which is not possible) it would have pushed them out with bleeding and oozing.

[secondtryuser]

.....but it's the shape that concerns me. In fact, they're exactly the same shape as in the 'Hairtransplant Network.com' logo.

[gillenator]

It's unusual to lose a graft 13 days post-op. I opened your pic in a new window to enlarge the photo and I agree that it's not a graft. Looks more like the dead tissue above the scalp line.

 

And it's true that when a complete graft does come out in whole, there is a steady stream of blood that oozes from the recipient site where the graft was placed. So if you did not see a strong trickle or stream of blood oozing down your scalp, you have nothing to worry about.

 

Conversely, dead graft tissue (crusting) does shed roughly 2-4 weeks post-op.

 

Congrats on your recent procedure.