During the breast augmentation operation, you will not feel any pain or discomfortable feeling as the process is done while you are under general anesthesia. Following the operation and during recovery and returning home and the time that anesthesia begins to wear off, you may feel soreness, pulling or stretching under your armpits and around your chest area and this is completely normal. This feeling may last for about two or three weeks. Realistic expectation is to feel better and stronger each day, although you need to consume pain medicine for a week or two.