Early healing
Day 10 after a hair transplant: Most crusts gone
For many people most crusts are gone around days 10 to 14. What's left is pink skin with short hairs. If your stitches or staples need removing, it's usually around now; check with your clinic.
What you can do now
On day 10
What's typical
- Pink recipient area
- Short hair stubs
- Donor area mostly healed
Call your clinic if you notice
- Fever, pus, a bad smell, or redness and warmth that spread.
- Grey, purple or black patches bigger than the small crusts around each graft.
- A wound edge that opens or a stitch line that leaks.
In the GraftKeeper app, Check a symptom walks you through what to do.
Not yet reviewed by a doctor — verify with your clinic.
Sources
- Hair transplantNHS, 2023
- A hair transplant can give you permanent, natural-looking resultsAmerican Academy of Dermatology, 2026
- Hair transplantation surgeryIndian Journal of Plastic Surgery, 2008
- Complications in Hair TransplantationJournal of Cutaneous and Aesthetic Surgery, 2018