I Recently Had my Implants a Little over 3 Weeks Ago. I Know I Should Be Massaging Them More Than I Am?

They are very tender. Now that I am back at work. I can't sit at my desk massaging them. So I wait until I'm ready for bed and massage them then. someone had told me that If I don't massage them. The implants will never drop. Is this true?

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Massage for Implants to Drop?

Implants do tend to drop over time. However, larger implants in smaller women definitely benefit from massage. The goal of massage is to get the larger implant to drop into the pocket that has been dissected during surgery. No one wants to undergo another procedure to allow the implant to drop.

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I dont think that massage has very much to do with the final position of the implants. Aggressive massage may help correct minor issues but most of the healing is determined by your bodies healing process which is very individual.

Breast Massaging After Breast Augmentation - What's The Value?

You trusted your plastic surgeon with your looks and your life. I would recommend following his or her post surgical massage protocol. That being said, in my practice, I do not believe breast massaging will lower implants, nor do I believe it will make them softer. When I was in my residency, I did a personal survey of all my breast augmentation patients. Of those that were willing to massage, half got hard and half stayed soft. Of those who thought breast... more

Breast Massage After Implants

Hi Mariah, It may take 6 weeks for the initial softening and settling of the breast to occur. There are several factors that affect the "drop time" : Location of the implants (over or under the muscle?). The shape and firmness of the breasts before surgery. Size of the implants. How tight or loose the breast creases are at the tme of surgery. Although the majority of breast implants will likely drop whether you massage or not, I will... more

Massage after breast augmentation

Thanks for your question. Postoperative protocols for any type of cosmetic surgery can vary quite a bit between different plastic surgeons. That usually means that there is no consensus on the best method. This is true with breast massage after an augmentation. In my practice, I do have patients do massage after augmentation for a few weeks after an augmentation to help soften the pocket and help the implants settle. If my patients did not massage, I imagine the... more

Massage After Breast Implants

Good question and thanks for posting. Although the plastic surgery literature actually has very little high quality science to prove the value of breast implant massages, there are some good intuitive reasons to make us believe that it does provide some value. In my practice, my patients start massaging one week after surgery (as tolerated due to the discomfort early on) and then become more aggressive with them as the discomfort fades. In my experience this does help to... more

Importance of Massage after Breast Augmentation?

You will find that every plastic surgeon has a different view on the importance of massage after breast augmentation surgery; generally speaking, you will be best off following your own plastic surgeon's advice in this regard. In my practice, I do recommend gentle breast massage that helps breast implants “settle” into their pockets. It may be that the massage/movement of the breast implants helps the the breasts soften as well. Again, however best to run this question by your... more