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Every plastic surgeon may advise a little differently based on a variety of circumstances. However, most plastic surgeons may allow exercise 2 weeks after cheek implant surgery. Riding a roller coaster at 2 weeks should be OK too. Contact sports or similar activity should be avoided for about 6-8 weeks from surgery.Best,Dr. Chaboki
Surgeons may have varying opinions of how long to wait before exercising after cheek augmentation with implants. I would say the minimum amount of time would be one week before doing light exercise but some surgeons may have you wait longer. There should definitely not be any contact sports after the procedure for at least two months or longer. Going on a roller coaster would be fine a couple of weeks after the surgery, as this should not harm the implants.
In our practice, patients are able to get back to exercise 2 weeks after cheek implant placement. It's important not and have any direct facial trauma for 6 weeks after the procedure such as hard contact sports. For more information, diagrams and our cheek implant photo gallery, please see the link below
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