How long will it take to play basketball after surgery of gynecomastia from a plastic surgeon/ general surgeon?

Normally, patients are asked to wait 6 weeks before returning to unrestricted activity. This helps to prevent the inadvertent trauma or bleeding while the tissues are healing.  Even though you may be cleared, we frequently see patients who have some discomfort at 6 weeks and thus they may need to continue to modify their activities until this resolves. This can vary from doctor to doctor and thus, your physician may have their own specific protocol.

You can do any kind of exercise after a month to six weeks as long as there are no open wounds or pain.