How Soon Can I Do Heavy Weightlifting after Hair Transplant Surgery?

This question, from a member of our hair loss social community and discussion forums, was answered by Dr. Blake Bloxham, a staff physician from Feller Medical:

When can a follicular unit extraction (FUE) hair transplant patient start heavy weight lifting after his procedure? I’m no weight lifter but I like to stay in shape and push myself when I am working out.

Instructions will vary. It is important to follow your own hair restoration clinic’s “to a T.” However, I think most will probably be in the 10-14 day range. And this is likely when you’ll feel like getting back into it as well.

Some light exercising — namely cardio — is usually okay before then, but you do want to be careful building up sweat on the scalp. Especially post-FUE. Remember, you have thousands of little open, healing wound on top, sides, and back of your head. The last thing you want to do is build a very nice warn, sweaty environment for bacteria to thrive in, and risk any damage to the fragile follicles or infection in any of the wounds.

Feller Medical
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David
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