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Hi Dr. Mohebi,

I’m concering about if I can do Mix Martial Arts fight in 3 weeks after my hair transplatn surgey with strip method. I have a contract for this fight but, I have to make decision by that. I’m stress out if I should or not. I want to make good decision. First thing, I want to ask you……. do you think my head will be ok if I’m doing that? Is it high risk for new transplant hair or donor scar will damage by hit or rub?

A:

Hi there,

We recently discussed physical activities that you can do after hair transplant in this blog.  At this time you are 3 weeks after your hair transplant surgery with a strip method.  I am not concerned at all with your recipient area and transplanted hair grafts.  They are completely healed and are now part of your skin.

The only concern I have is if you put too much tension on the edges of the healing donor wound on the back of your head, it may cause the wound to stretch or widen.  You need to avoid some sport activities that may stretch your wound at the donor area for at least one month after your hair transplant.  One month after your hair transplant is the time that you probably gain most of the strength on your wound on donor area.

Ideally, it was better if you could wait it out for a total of three months after your hair transplantation before starting aggressive sport activities that involves pulling skin edges or putting too much tension on the hair transplant donor scar.  However, you need to assess your situation and the type of activity that is involved and decide for yourself.

Parsa Mohebi, M.D.

Tags: activity after hair transplant, after hair transplant, donor area, donor scar, martial art, mix martial art, scar stretching, scar widening

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