Early healing
Day 6 after a hair transplant: Almost a week
Most of the swelling is gone for most people. The donor area is healing quickly and may look like small red dots or a short-cropped patch. The grafted area is still crusty and still needs a light touch.
What you can do now
On day 6
What's typical
- Itching and tightness
- Donor area red but drying
- Feeling more like yourself
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.
- Pain that gets worse each day instead of easing.
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