What is the typical recovery time for hair transplant surgery?

The typical recovery after a hair transplant surgery may vary from patient to patient, clinic to clinic, and even the type of surgery.  In general it is a few days or about one week at most.

The downtime in FUE hair transplantation is mostly cosmetic as the patient is typically able to do most activities. After follicular strip surgery however, the patient has restrictions to do with the need to avoid flexing the neck as it initially would risk opening your sutures and wounds and in the long term it would cause your scar to stretch. These limitation s are less of a factor in the FUE type of hair transplantation. Here is more on what to expect: 

Typically we have our patients refrain from heavy exercise/activity for one week following either FUE or FUT.This is to prevent injury/dislocation to the recipient grafts.Redness,stabbing/crusting and/or swelling are usually fully resolved by 5-7 days.