gimmefiction Posted October 11, 2013 Share Posted October 11, 2013 Hello! I live in Azerbaijan which is very close to Turkey. I am looking at being able to take 17-20 days off work and was wondering if it is comfortable to travel extensively during this time as I do not want to spend all this time at home. I was planning Baku Azerbaijan - Turkey - Portland Oregon - Houston Texas - Drive to Dallas and back - Back to Baku. It is a pretty frenzied itinerary of about 4 days in each place. I haven't been home in almost a year and wanted to know if those who traveled for FUE was it enjoyable or were you just ready to kiss the ground afterwards and didn't want to move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member imnothere Posted October 11, 2013 Senior Member Share Posted October 11, 2013 If you have FUE, then i don't see a problem. FUT however, you might need more recovery time. Im planning to get a HT early next year, then go camper vanning to europe for a few months. So hope its ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member BoomerSooner Posted October 18, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted October 18, 2013 Just try not to bump your head if you are traveling everywhere, whether getting in and out of a plane or automobile. I went hiking for miles down some trails up in Vancouver the day after I got my transplant. You shouldn't have any problems at all. Just make sure you have your pillow to sleep on, along with your pain pills, and you will be good to go. I had FUT by the way My hair loss blog http://www.hairtransplantnetwork.com/blog/home-page.asp?WebID=2631 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcd0000 Posted October 18, 2013 Share Posted October 18, 2013 (edited) I had a FUE and I don't think it's a good idea at all. Travel for the first 10 days and leave at least 7 remaining days for recovery. No matter how good and clean the surgery, you will have up to 10.000 (+/-) relatively deep incisions on your head, tons of local anesthetics, painkillers and other drugs. You will feel uncomfortable on the sun for the first couple of days. You'll be all drowsy from the drugs and shock of the operation for days. You will likely have some swelling on the days 3-5, even with antihistamines, and you might be lying for hours with ice on your forehead. Believe me, it is not a good time to travel, especially not overseas. Of course it might be easier if you are having a smaller intervention, but I would still strongly dissuade you from doing that. Edited October 19, 2013 by abcd0000 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member wolfsatplay Posted October 19, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted October 19, 2013 This is a good question. Because the majority of people who get HT do travel. And many travel the day after their HT before the swelling sets in. I would think, as abcd mentioned, FUT would be obviously less comfortable than FUT. But it would be great to hear from more people about their travel experience after getting a HT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member GodAwfulLuck Posted October 19, 2013 Regular Member Share Posted October 19, 2013 I've heard that's it's okay, I made a similar topic a while ago aha. I'd have like 30 hours of flights to and from, and I wouldn't want to ruin the transplant with a long flight. Maybe wait 5-6 days before travelling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abcd0000 Posted October 19, 2013 Share Posted October 19, 2013 It is one thing to have a flight (even a long one), and another to extensively travel overseas, drive through Texas and whatnot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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