New York Breast Expert: Recovering from Breast Enlargement
RECOVERY
All operations have essentially the same recovery period and possible complications.
Although there is rarely any real pain after the surgery has been completed, patients
often experience some soreness for about one day following the operation. Try
to avoid strenuous activity for a week or two while healing progresses. But after
three weeks you can do anything you want, including hard exercise. Also, you should
be aware of the possible complications and what can be done about them. Whenever
a complication necessitates further attention from the surgeon, it is almost always
done for free. For example, postoperative infection is fairly rare, but if it
does occur, the implant may have to be removed to treat the infection and then
replaced later on. A few patients bleed after the surgery, but this condition
is never life-threatening. They will probably need another operation to quell
the bleeding and eliminate excess blood. Other complications include thickening
of the scar and deflation of a saline implant. These problems have already been
discussed. While they are infrequent occurrences, they do happen and should be
considered. Also, some women lose softness in one or both of the corrected breasts.
This results from the body's reaction to silicone bags. After the implant is in
place, the body surrounds it with a fibrous capsule. If the capsule becomes too
thick, it contracts around the implant, causing the breasts to feel harder than
normal. While this is troublesome, it is easily rectified. The surgeon simply
squeezes the breast very hard until the capsule breaks open and softness returns.
Even though the risk of breaking the implant is minimal (since it is rubber),
you should never attempt to do this on your own. See your surgeon! If the problem
later recurs, the capsule can always be ruptured again.
Finally, in rare I instances a woman may be displeased with her implants, and
then they can be easily removed. The breast skin almost always shrinks back
to its original state.
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from Dr. Bellin's Beauty Science (copyright 2001)
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