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"It is important to allow yourself adequate recovery time from breast augmentation surgery. By avoiding certain activities and following your surgeon’s instructions closely, you will experience a shorter and more comfortable breast augmentation recovery period. Watch our video about breast augmentation to learn more about the surgery and recovery period.
What to Expect after Breast Augmentation Surgery
Typical instructions for breast augmentation recovery include limiting movement and getting plenty of rest. Any activity that involves lifting, bending, or straining should be avoided, as it can increase pain and soreness and delay healing.
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Patients can usually return to work after one week, provided that their jobs do not require heavy lifting or other strenuous activities. In general, patients who receive subglandular breast implant placement requires less breast augmentation recovery time than patients who receive submuscular breast implant placement.
Your surgeon knows your medical history and individual needs best. He or she will provide you with specific guidelines to follow so that your breast augmentation recovery time will be as minimal as possible. Following your surgeon’s instructions will also help you to achieve optimal breast implant results.
The First Two Weeks
During the first 24 to 48 hours after breast augmentation surgery, recovery is uncomfortable for most patients. Fatigue and breast pain are common during this time. In most cases, pain can be managed with medication, but you may still feel sore, uncomfortable, and very tired. It is best to have someone stay with you to help out and care for you during this time.
A few days after breast augmentation surgery, the gauze dressings are removed from the patient’s breasts and replaced with a surgical bra. If stitches need to be removed, they will be taken out in seven to 10 days.
The First Several Months
For the first several weeks of breast augmentation recovery, the breasts will be very sensitive. They may also be swollen for as long as four to five weeks. To reduce the risk of an injury that could delay recovery, patients should avoid physical contact with the breasts until sensitivity has subsided. Strenuous activities and exercise can be resumed approximately one month after breast augmentation surgery.
Patients should not attempt to rush the recovery process, as this could result in injury to the breasts, increasing the recovery time needed and diminishing the quality of the results achieved. For more detailed information about the breast augmentation recovery process and how you can achieve optimal results from your surgery, be sure to consult your surgeon at length about these matters."
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Immediately following breast
Immediately following breast augmentation surgery, patients can expect to feel some swelling, pain, and bruising, which will start to subside within about a week. During this time, the chest is wrapped with surgical dressings covered by a compression garment. Most patients plan one or two weeks away from daily obligations such as work. For six weeks or longer after the surgery, patients must restrict movement, particularly activities requiring lifting the arms above the head, pushing, or pulling.