Senior Member canadian_buba Posted December 20, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted December 20, 2008 Can anyone tell me how long you have to wait to work out after the surgery? I play hockey twice a week and was wondering how long the HT will keep me out! I can imagine I wont want to putting on the helmet for a while! But for how long? Please let me know Thanks canadian_buba Canadian_buba 3500 Grafts Dr. Rahal Jan 12 09 My Hair Loss WebLog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member canadian_buba Posted December 20, 2008 Author Senior Member Share Posted December 20, 2008 Can anyone tell me how long you have to wait to work out after the surgery? I play hockey twice a week and was wondering how long the HT will keep me out! I can imagine I wont want to putting on the helmet for a while! But for how long? Please let me know Thanks canadian_buba Canadian_buba 3500 Grafts Dr. Rahal Jan 12 09 My Hair Loss WebLog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member sonnyboy11 Posted December 20, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted December 20, 2008 I play hockey too. I stopped for a while after my transplant. Actually have not played since that so going on about 90 days. My reason there is that with a tight fitting helmet and all the contact, I did not want to take a chance on stretching the scar area. I also stopped doing crunches or any type of excercise that pulled on the back of my head. Now, pls keep in mind that this is just how I feel! I am almost certainly being over-protective but I just want to make sure my investment works out as planned. If that means taking a few months off from grinding pucks out of corners, then so be it. I am pretty sure I will get back to playing in another month or two. I should also mention that I ride motorcycles a lot and use one to commute to work. Even for that I was not fond of wearing my normal helmet since it fit so snugly and I could feel it pull on my donor area when I moved my head. So I switched to a slightly larger helmet. Not the best solution but I gotta get to work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member canadian_buba Posted December 20, 2008 Author Senior Member Share Posted December 20, 2008 SONNYBOY What doctor did you go with and how many grafts? Canadian_buba 3500 Grafts Dr. Rahal Jan 12 09 My Hair Loss WebLog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member canadian_buba Posted December 20, 2008 Author Senior Member Share Posted December 20, 2008 Hey Sonny I think I will take time of from hockey as well. Did you tell the guys on your team? I guess if i was hiding it from them it could be weird when taking off my hat in the change room eh? Buba Canadian_buba 3500 Grafts Dr. Rahal Jan 12 09 My Hair Loss WebLog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Regular Member sonnyboy11 Posted December 21, 2008 Regular Member Share Posted December 21, 2008 Naw, I said squat to em, eh? Most of them think I just pussed out. Not a problem. When I go back and start lighting them up, they'll forget about the time I took off. Dr. Pak at NHI- about 900 grafts. Got about 3200 total so far but not all from Pak. Pak knows what he is doing. Wish he had done all of mine but I got my first transplant back in '94. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Predator Posted December 21, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted December 21, 2008 Just my two cents wearing a Helmet after 14 days should be OK as the grafts are firm, but you need to think about stretching the scar. I'd put this one to Dr Rahal My Hair Loss Website - Hair Transplant with Dr. Rahal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member canadian_buba Posted December 21, 2008 Author Senior Member Share Posted December 21, 2008 I will ask Rahal during my pre op for sure! The helmets are very tight so I dont want to mess with the work. As Im not planning on telling my team mates I might just make something up! Kinda brutal but what can you do? Buba Canadian_buba 3500 Grafts Dr. Rahal Jan 12 09 My Hair Loss WebLog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senior Member Eman Posted December 22, 2008 Senior Member Share Posted December 22, 2008 Dr. Rahal is a tad more conservative than others. I asked the same quesiton you did about physical exercise and decided to wait at least a month. I ended up back at around the six week mark. The concern for most is the stretching of the scar as it is still healing for a lot longer than a month after your transplant. My initial HT thread: done and done!! Check it out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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