Breast Augmentation Recovery

Many patient disregard one thing - recovery after the surgery. Whether you had breast reduction surgery or breast augmentation surgery, you will not wake up and be able to work the same day, play with your kids and strut around. After breast augmentation surgery you will have to go through breast augmentation recovery.

The best advice you can get is to follow the orders from your plastic surgeon. This is the guy who wants you to heal quickly and experience the best benefits from breast augmentation surgery. Plastic surgeon is not there to treat you like a kid, but he will if you disobey his instructions during the breast augmentation recovery.

First thing you will notice after the surgery is that you are not able to move freely. You will be stopped by pain and gaze that is pressed against your chest. And this is how it should be because you shouldn't move too much and have plenty of rest after the augmentation surgery. Even after you leave the hospital bed, you should avoid any movement that involves straining of some sort. No lifting and bending is allowed, because it will delay the healing process and cause you pain.

You will be able to return to your work after 7 days, unless your work doesn't involve straining activities. If you have to walk, bend or lift anything at your work, you should definitely consider a longer breast augmentation recovery period. Avoid all strenuous activities as longer as possible.

You should also be aware that there are some difference in recovery periods. If you had a sub glandular breast implants, then your breast augmentation recovery time will be shorter. A patient who had sub muscular breast implants will need longer recovery.

As we said before, you should listen to your surgeon. He has enough knowledge and experience to see what fits you best and should provide you with detailed guidelines of what you should and shouldn't do during the breast augmentation recovery period. This is something that benefits you because if you follow the instructions, the recovery period will be shorter and less painful for you. Besides that, you breast implant will have a better results, that is, they will look better if you followed the instructions from your plastic surgeon.

Don't worry about feeling too much pain during the recovery, you will receive medication to numb the pain. The breast augmentation recovery period is quite uncomfortable for the first two days, since a patient will be fatigued and feel pain or sore. These two days are hardest and you should have someone from your family stay with you to take care of your needs and to take your mind of the uncomfortable situation as much as possible. During the breast augmentation recovery, this is your most powerful medication.

When the gauze is removed, you will receive a surgical bra. This helps with your posture, to protect your breasts and to improve the looks of breast implants. This will happen a few days after the surgery. The stitches may or may not need to be removed.

With your surgical bra on, you will feel a bit better but there will still be some pain. Your breasts will be quite sensitive and swollen. Don't be afraid if you see your breasts swollen after a month or so, because that is normal. You still need to avoid any strenuous activity and to reduce the risk of injury and speed up the healing process. You should wait for at least one months to begin with physical activities. You will be able to feel more comfortable as time passes, and you will have more and more freedom in movement.

You should take your time to heal, breast augmentation recovery should not be rushed and there is no secret ingredient to speed it up. I am sure you don't want to cause an injury to your breasts and ruin the breast implants.

Considering the scars after the breast augmentation recovery, they will reduce over time but will always be visible to some point. This is not a plastic surgeon mistake, this is a normal occurrence. Depending on the incision site and the technique, the scars can be reduced so much that they will be hard to detect at all. This is another reason to listen to the instructions from your plastic surgeon during breast augmentation recovery, because he knows best what kind of recovery you need after the surgery.