 [ Symptoms ] can you wash your hair with staples in a wound in your head [ Disease ] in my opinion absolutely dried blood in the hair is a perfect growth media for bacteria while some clinicians may dispute this advice and say no hair washing for one week or until the staples are out i have never in over 40 years of clinical practice encountered a post suturing infection from someone who is hair is too clean use a mild soap do not scrub against those staples so that the wound may come apart personally i do not really like or use staples i consider it a lazy clinician is fast treatment i prefer good ol sutures that take longer but easier to close those skin edges rinse with shower water and then blow dry your hair you can use a tiny amount of antibacterial cream on the wound afterwards if you want using a q tip just a tiny amount a clean wound area is going to make the removal of the staples easier too because you will not have deal with a bloody scab