In my Los Angeles office, I routinely advise my patients to massage their breasts after augmentation mammaplasty.  This is true in cases of silicone or saline augmentation.

Massaging stimulates the remodeling of collagen fibers in the acute wound healing phase after surgery.  This allows the breasts capsular contracture to soften acutely after surgery and minimizes the risk of deformity after surgery.

If you have questions regarding your massage regimen, simply ask your plastic surgeon. 

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I have found that self-breast massage is beneficial after breast augmentation because:

1) Massaging your implants will help to counteract scar formation, keeping breast capsules softer.

2) Massaging your implants will help to facilitate descent of the implant after surgery; particularly when placed below the pectoralis muscle.

3) Massaging your implants will force you as a patient to become familiar with the size, shape and consistency of your breasts after augmentation. This is extremely important so that you, as a patient, will be immediately aware of any change that may occur with your breasts (i.e. such as capsular contracture).

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