Question:

Hello, I had my surgery two weeks ago and I noticed that many, if not all, of the scabs on the top came off with the hair attached. What percentage of this hair will grow back?
Answer:

That is a completely normal occurrence during the immediate post-operative period. After the procedure, the transplanted hair shafts are expected to fall out at or around the same time as the scabs fall off. Occasionally a portion of the grafts (the percentage varies widely between patients) will retain the original hair shafts and begin growing new hair from day 1. The usual course is for the transplanted follicles to shed their hairs soon after they are grafted and then start growing a new hair anywhere from 3 months to 12 months thereafter. The survival should be near 100%, whether the hairs shed after the surgery or keep growing and all of the follicles should be generating hair within a year.

-Brandon Ross, MD
http://www.rmhri.com
IAHRS Recommended Hair Transplant Surgeon