A pain pump assists in pain control by delivering a continual supply of anesthetic to the surgical area for up to three days after the procedure. Our physicians have found the pain pump to be very effective in the recovery phase, especially for the abdominoplasty procedure, often allowing our St. Louis tummy tuck patients to resume normal activities faster. Even though other physicians may choose to use the pain pump for a breast augmentation procedure, our physicians have found that most patients find it to be more of a nuisance and completely unnecessary for the rapid recovery breast augmentation performed by Renaissance Plastic Surgery physicians.