I have been touching my scabs, but not picking them. I had a scab with a piece of hair come off. It bled enough to leave a line on my finger, and I dabbed it dry with a piece of paper. It took a few seconds. Is that most likely a scab gone and a little blood loss or did I lose a graft? I do not know what to expect.

Most likely NO, you didn't. When a graft comes out, you would not be wondering if it was a graft, you would know. That's my opinion anyway. The grafts have the entire follicle attached, bleed like HELL, and are just plain obvious. You probably just bled from the scab.

10 years out,

How many days post op are you?

I think pushing 40 is correct. Most likely the scab just bled a little. But my advice is...as tempting as it is, don't touch the graft apart from doing your post op care.

Cheers,

Falc

I had surgery on Monday. It is probably a scab only. I had three scabs on my face this am when I awoke, although they were in the very front, which I am sure was just a single hair graft.

BTW, I had a 1700+ graft hair transplant done over an area of about 2" x 3". What kind of density can/should I expect in 6 or 8 months? I know it is not easy to answer, but if anyone has a ballpark idea of what I can expect, I would appreciate it.
Thanks!

Actually...it's not that difficult of an answer at all if you talk about density at maturation (rather than 6-8 months), assuming all the grafts grow AND that all the grafts are evenly distributed.

You can use a variation of this formula to calculate your answer:

(Density in FU/cm2) X (strip width in cm) X (length of strip removed in cm) = Projected number of grafts

which would be

(Density in FU/cm2) X (recipient width in cm) X (recipient length in cm) = Projected number of grafts

Putting the numbers in, one has to convert the inches to CM

2 inches = approx 5 cm
3 inches = approx 7.5 cm

So now you can plug in the numbers:

DFU/cm2 X 5 X 7.5 = 1700

This becomes...

DFU/cm2 X 37.5 = 1700

This becomes...

DFU/cm2 = 1700/37.5

DFU/cm2 = 45.33

OH...and if you make the assumption that you are 60% at 6 months, and 80% at 8 months, you can calcuate an approximation of your density at 6-8 months...HOWEVER, these percentages are not only averages, but also based on graft maturity, not necessarily new growth.

Cheers!

Falc

Btw...I took this formula from my own thread posted here:

What are the various formulas for calculating numbers related to hair transplantation

http://hair-restoration-info.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/346...271083313#3271083313


Falc