Regular Member justgotfue Posted June 30, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted June 30, 2015 Hello everybody, I'm hoping someone can help me. I had FUE 16 days ago. This morning I woke up with loads of grafts on my pillow (or maybe they weren't grafts but hairs with dead skin on them). I also had them in my finger nails, so I'd obviously been scratching. There is no blood on my head though. I'm trying to make myself feel better by telling myself that when I wash it, I'm effectually washing out the hair that's ready to fall out in the shedding phase....but somehow this just feels wrong. I've I lost all those grafts that were on my pillow, or did I just speed up the shedding phase with my scratching? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member husqvarnawrk Posted June 30, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted June 30, 2015 I'm no expert, but at 16 days you should dig really hard to dislodge a graft. Blood would have been a tell-tale. I shed my graft from 2/3 weeks onwards, a lot of those ended up on the pillow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member secondtryuser Posted June 30, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted June 30, 2015 Yeah I get what you're saying, but I just can't help thinking that loosing grafts due to scratching has to be inherently bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member thatoldchestnut Posted June 30, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted June 30, 2015 Isn't the point that, at this stage, you're likely not dislodging/losing a graft. Rather you're "losing" the hair that's attached to the graft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Britanium Posted June 30, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted June 30, 2015 you just lost hairs. not grafts as others have mentioned. they will be secure as F now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member arussell Posted June 30, 2015 Regular Member Share Posted June 30, 2015 I am not sure if you were instructed on what happens after a transplant regardless of the harvesting method. In most cases the implanted grafts will "sit" and passively absorb oxygen and food from the surrounding tissue. They adapt and take root usually over the first 6 to 7 days. Sometime around the 10 day time frame the hair shafts will extrude and shed. Because of the solutions used in numbing there can be a little swelling or a "sunburn" type effect to the recipient area and this skin can peel off. The bulbs are there, as noted above if they had been dislodged (and at 16 days this is very very unlikely) there would have been bleeding and it would have been enough to get your attention. Most of the hair will shed leaving you much as you were prior to your procedure. The grafts will have entered into the resting phase and will sit for 2 to 4 months before they begin to regrow. You are just beginning your journey! Good luck! Ailene Russell, NCMA Clinical Supervisor for Dr. Jerry Cooley Carolina Dermatology Haircenter Charlotte, NC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member BaldingBogger Posted June 30, 2015 Senior Member Share Posted June 30, 2015 No blood so should be regular shedding hopefully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member justgotfue Posted June 30, 2015 Author Regular Member Share Posted June 30, 2015 cheers for the input everyone. I pray you're right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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