Incisions will be kept clean and ointment and bandages will be applied. Restrictions include no lifting, straining or bending at all for two weeks. No heavy lifting for six weeks, but most people are able to return to work within three to seven days. A breast implant is a silicone shell filled with either silicone gel or salt-water solution known as saline. Implants are usually placed behind the muscle or will be placed under the breast tissue in indicated cases.
Breast augmentation is done as an outpatient procedure in the office under general anesthesia.
The procedure is fairly short and recovery time is fairly rapid. Most patients are able to return to work in three to five days with restrictions on lifting for two to six weeks. Breast augmentation is relatively straight forward, but as with any operation there are risks associated with surgery and specific complications associated with this procedure. It is important that this is all discussed with your surgeon prior to your surgery date. Advances in reconstruction have enabled surgeons to create a breast that can come close in appearance to a natural breast.