Early healing
Month 1 of 18
Day 7 after a hair transplant: One week
A week in. The grafts are settling into the skin, but the first two weeks are when they are most easily dislodged, so keep everything gentle. From around now many clinics let you use light fingertip circles during the wash to help crusts lift.
What you can do now
On day 7
What's typical
- Crusts starting to loosen at the edges
- Itching
- Some numbness on the top or back of the head
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.
- Bleeding that keeps going after 15 minutes of gentle, steady pressure.
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