Are my grafts destroyed? Accidentally slept on my left side, day of surgery

[Datsun213]

Hello all, 

If there is one thing that is bugging me about my procedure is that on the night of the FUE HT, I placed the cotton sheet behind my head and fell asleep sitting up, however when I woke up in the morning, I woke up on my left side.  I noticed there was small traces of light brown (not bloody red marks) all around on the 2ft by 2ft sheet.  I assumed they were mostly from back of my head where the donor site was (even though I had gauze there).  I now look in the mirror and see black specks but I can't tell if there any hair follicles sticking out of them.  I slept for a total 6 hours that day and can't tell how long I slept on my side.  

I know I may be thinking too much into but after reading in the forums about how day 1 is the most important day to not disturb the follicles, should I be concerned?  Or make an appointment with my surgeon so he can closely look at them and see if he needs to do a touch up of some sort?

 

[Melvin- Admin]

Can you share some pictures?

[Britanium]

Lost grafts are usually accompanied by a very noticeable trickle of blood. Did you notice anything like that ? 

[Datsun213]

17 minutes ago, Melvin-Moderator said:

Can you share some pictures?

I see there are some follicles still remaining and there are just what looks to be just red dots (not sure if the follicles are gone or they're just really small).

[Datsun213]

16 minutes ago, JohnAC71 said:

Lost grafts are usually accompanied by a very noticeable trickle of blood. Did you notice anything like that ? 

I don't have the cotton sheet they gave me anymore, but it did have some light brown spots, no major red large stains anywhere, but man I'm dissapointed that this may lead to a bad result from the start.

[Britanium]

Given your description of what happened and looking at the pic i don’t think you have damaged or lost any grafts. 

[Britanium]

But I will also pray to the hair gods just to be sure 🙏😁

[pkipling]

A couple things to consider: It's generally accepted that when grafts are dislodged, not only is there bleeding, but that it's actually a bit painful - in which case, you probably would've noticed it and woken up. If you lost a significant number of grafts (or any grafts at all, for that matter), I imagine you also would've seen them on the sheet. Taking those factors into consideration, I suspect you're most likely fine.

[Datsun213]

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Edited February 20, 2021 by Datsun213
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[Datsun213]

11 minutes ago, JohnAC71 said:

Given your description of what happened and looking at the pic i don’t think you have damaged or lost any grafts. 

Thanks, I sure hope that the smudges I saw where not blood and since I had to catch my plane, I rushed and didn't get to examine if there was any follicles on the sheet, I just assumed it was from the back of my head.  I too will be praying to God on this one.

[Datsun213]

11 minutes ago, pkipling said:

A couple things to consider: It's generally accepted that when grafts are dislodged, not only is there bleeding, but that it's actually a bit painful - in which case, you probably would've noticed it and woken up. If you lost a significant number of grafts (or any grafts at all, for that matter), I imagine you also would've seen them on the sheet. Taking those factors into consideration, I suspect you're most likely fine.

Thanks, you're correct I didn't feeling any pain.  I just wish I didn't put any pressure by accident to affect the end result.  Hoping for the best.