Q: I have read that you can get pimples/ingrown hairs after 3-5 months post op. Is it ok if you pop or scratch these areas? A: It is common to get small pimples that begin to erupt 2-3 months post-op. These are due to newly growing hairs trying to work their way through the skin. [...]
After Hair Transplant, is it OK to Pop or Scratch Pimples on Scalp?
February 11th, 2009
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Topic: Post-op
Tags: Ingrown Hair, Pimples, Post-op
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 9:54 am
After Follicular Unit Extraction Hair Transplant, Why Pimples and Redness?
July 21st, 2006Q: I had a hair transplant of over 600 grafts using Follicular Unit Extraction (FUE) to my frontal hairline and the frontal part of my scalp. The procedure was done less than a year ago by another doctor. Since then I have had persistent pimples and redness in the area that the grafts were placed. [...]
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Topic: Follicular Unit Extraction
Tags: Bernstein Medical - Center for Hair Restoration, Blunt Dissection, Buried Grafts, Buried Hair Fragments, Eyebrow Transplant, Follicular Unit Extraction, Folliculitis, Hairline, Instrumentation for Three-Step FUE, One-hair Follicular Unit, Pimples, Redness, Stereo-microscope, Strip Harvesting, Three-step Follicular Unit Extraction Method, Transection, Two-step Follicular Unit Extraction Method
Posted by Robert M. Bernstein M.D. at 8:03 am
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