I have a hair transplant programmed in 2 months. My doctor told me to avoid all kind of exercise for 2 weeks prior and 4 weeks post-transplant. I will ask him for more details about it, I mean, can’t I do a few sets of really low weights just to maintain the muscle? or is […]
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Can you imagine having to walk around like this. The doctor has no sense that there was a technique to wash off the crusts the day of and the day after the surgery. Within 3 days of surgery you should look perfectly normal and able to go out in public without detection. By the third […]
I saw this photo on an internet site where the patient asked how his recipient area looked and why the cracks where there. Clearly the doctor never told the patient how to take care of the recipient area. This poor man will have to walk around for almost a month with this ‘cake’ on his […]
Scars like this are usually the result of an overly aggressive surgeon who removed a strip too wide, and the tension may have been too high when he closed the wound. Alternatively, a very elastic collagen is present in some people which can produce stretching of the wound. In this case, the wound reflects your genetic make-up […]
An FUE is treated just like a regular hair transplant with regard to the recipient area. Both the recipient area and the donor area have wounds that require daily washing with soap and water. The key is to wash off the crusts before they appear. Within 3 days of surgery, you can resume full activities, including […]
You do indeed have terrible crusting resulting from poor post-operatieve washing techniques. An FUE is treated just like a regular hair transplant with regard to the recipient area, but the donor area has open wounds which require daily washing with soap and water. An FUE is treated just like a regular hair transplant with regard […]
For most hair transplant procedure, you can resume full exercises including running a marathon if you know how to do that. The only restrictions are: With a strip surgery, no heavy lifting or body presses for 3 weeks. For all other hair transplants, no Scuba Diving for 4 weeks. If you swim, don’t soak your […]
This patient had an FUE 5 days earlier. What I want our readers to note, is that there is not only no crusting on the recipient area, but the donor area is completely healed, I get emails frequently which show terrible crusting after a hair transplant in the recipient area. I tell everyone our routine, […]
I am posting this only because I receive similar emails daily from patients all around the world after they have their hair transplant surgery. I want to emphasize I am honored to be sought out for my opinions on hair transplant issues. However, I also want to make it clear that BaldingBlog (or the Internet) is not […]
Any hair transplant should be treated the same with regard to the recipient area, but if the donor area has open wounds (FUE), it requires daily washing with soap and water. Within 3 days of surgery, you can resume full activities, heavy exercises if you wish. The recipient area requires daily washes as well to […]
I tell my patients that they can have sex after a hair transplant and use sound judgement. You can also exercise after a hair transplant, but must also use sound judgement. In general, we ask patients to take it easy for the first two weeks…. but some patients who have very active lifestyles will do […]
Scar revisions in the hands of an experienced surgeon that deals with hair transplant scar issues on a regular basis is generally better than a plastic surgeon for this type of work. Experience is everything in this process. I don’t know what is realistic to expect, as each case is unique and I haven’t seen […]
The ultimate answer will be from your hair transplant physician, who can examine you and determine if they feel comfortable going ahead with the surgery. In general though, it should be fine.
Since you have staples, I’ll make a wild assumption that you had the strip method surgery, in which case the wound should not be soaked for easily 3-4 weeks after a surgery. If you had a surgery using the follicular unit extraction (FUE) technique, then you could probably go surfing. The wounds are not strong […]
Thank you for the compliment. Where is your doctor? He/she should’ve supplied the answers to your questions as a matter of routine. These are the most basic of questions that should have been explained to you before your surgery. To answer your questions: You can generally resume exercise after one week and you can run […]