Breast Augmentation Recovery

It is essential for your health that you should become concerned with the recovery time for breast augmentation part after the augmentation. In fact before you opt for the breast implant surgery you should give your recovering from breast augmentation time plenty of thought, like how you are going to manage during that period and so on.

You can go back to work only after a week of augmentation. During this one week of recovery after breast augmentation surgery the breasts will be swollen and firm. Hence you have to give your body time to heal. You should sleep upright as much as you can for at least two weeks after the surgery. And you must never sleep on your stomach in your breast augmentation recovery time. You must also massage the breasts daily so that the implants become softer and are in proper position. You must avoid putting any undue pressure on the breasts and the entire chest area for at least a week.

Immediately after the surgery, during breast augmentation recovery time the surgeon may ask you to keep ice packs on your breasts for next 48 hours or even more. After the ice packs some surgeons ask you to keep warm (not hot) packs till the swelling and bruising is almost gone. You may prepare a pea pack or an alcohol and water mix pack. You may vary the proportion of water according to your choice of stiffness.

During your breast implant recovery you must pay special attention to keeping the incision dry. The surgeon generally places sterile strips on the incision and you must take care that apart from water, even cream, lotion etc doesn’t get into the incision. It may lead to inflammation during your breast augmentation and recovery period. You must remember to take your body temperature at regular intervals. If there is any rise in it, it may point out to an infection.

During the first week of breast augmentation recovery you may even have to visit your surgeon for removing the gauze dressings. After seven or ten days the stitches may be cut. Many surgeons provide an especially designed surgical bra to their patients. These bras make the breast tissues stronger and keep the implants in place. However it takes up to three to five weeks for the swelling to subside completely and the scars are permanent. But over all it takes up to a year of recovery time after breast augmentation for the transplant to settle into a fixed place.
There should be limited breast movement and plenty of rest. You should avoid straining yourself by bending or lifting. It will lead to an increase in pain and thus delay the healing process. You may feel a little soreness, tenderness and pain for a few days and you may feel like resting. But if you follow the surgeon’s instructions precisely during after breast augmentation recovery, you will be back to your normal routine fast.