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How Long is Breast Implants Recovery Time?
asked 1 year ago by Geneseo in Fayetteville, NY
Latest answer by Frank Lista, MD
Question viewed 16,785 times
Tags: recovery
I am a phys ed teacher and would like to get breast implants. I want a very natural look and do not want anyone to know. I am afraid that if I take additional vacation time either before or after winter or spring break, everyone will notice. Is it possible to be back to work after only a week of recovery?
30 answers to How Long is Breast Implants Recovery Time?
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Breast Implants, Breast Augmentation Recovery Time
Breast augmentation recovery with return to normal activity including driving takes about four days or less for 95% of my patients and three days or less for 85%. I recommend that patients keep their heart rate under 100 for two weeks. This keeps their blood pressure down and lessens the chance that they could have bleeding into the pocket after surgery. This seems to work since the incidence of bleeding or hematoma has been about 1/10th of one percent in the last 23 years....
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Breast Implant Recovery
The recovery from subpectoral breast augmentation used to be a rather unpleasant experience, but it no longer has to be. A space for the implant must be developed behind the pectoralis major, and a portion of the muscle's inferior origin must be released. Surgery on a muscle in most cases produces significant postoperative pain, and that is certainly true for breast augmentation. However, by using a local anesthetic infusion device (the On-Q 'Pain Buster') for the first two to...
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How Long is Breast Implants Recovery Time?
You will need at least 5 days of rest at home with no strenuous activity. At 5 days I let my patients drive. for the first two weeks real light activity. OK to go to work after 7-10 days if it is a desk or non strenuous activity. By 3-4 weeks gradual light exercise and by 6 weeks back to normal. Swelling takes 6-12 months to completely resolve!
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Back to work after breast augmentation...
After having a breast augmentation patients can usually return to work after 2-3 days. There is some swelling after breast augmentation so you can expect to be bigger than what you and your surgeon discussed, but just keep in mind that the swelling will go down with in a few weeks. If your job requires heavy lifting or other strenuous activities, then you should take off about 14 days. Then you can begin regular activity as long as you are not encountering pain...
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Augmentation Recovery
I inform my patients that most women will need at least 2 weeks from any strenuous activity. At 2 weeks they may begin light exercise and build their way back to normal exercise over the next 2 weeks. Most women with non-physical jobs can return to work after 3-5 days. They may be stiff/sore but most can perform their duties. In your case, if you can return to work without having to demonstrate or participate in the physical activity, then you could return sooner and not raise suspicion.
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Breast Augmentation Recovery
You may be able to return to work one week after breast augmentation provided that you do not engage in strenuous physical activities.
Light exercise (brisk walk, exercise bike, treadmill, elliptical) is possible after approximately 2 weeks.
Strenuous physical activities such as running, spinning classes, high impact aerobics, weight lifting, push ups, etc. is not recommended for up to 6 weeks following breast augmentation surgery.
Andrew P. Giacobbe, MD
Buffalo Plastic Surgeon
Buffalo Plastic Surgeon
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Stages of Recovery After Breast Augmentation: Do It Right!
I advise my patients to consider their recovery in stages:
You will need full-time assistance for the first two days.
If you have small children, plan to have someone else to be primarily responsible for their needs and care for 4 to 5 days.
At 5 days, it's OK to start low impact exercise without raising your pulse above 90-100.
Most women are able to resume the majority of their more sedentary, non-physical daily activities and work in 5-7 days.
At 2...
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Recovery after surgery
If you were my patient, given your active strenous job, I would have you wait till your summer break. Elective surgery should minimize complications. If you overdo it early, you may be unhappy with result. I think one week is plenty for people who are at a desk.
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Recovery after Breast Implants
Achieving a natural look is the most important goal with breast implant surgery. We want to give our patient a breast which has a beautiful shape suits their body. An important way to achieve this is to make sure you get enough rest after surgery. We ask our patients to spend on week resting at home. You don't need to stay in bed but you should rest quietly at home. Most patients are able to return to work after a week. Exercise or heavy lifting will take 3-4 weeks. If performed...
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Recovery Time
Typically my patients who have surgery on Fridays go back to work on Monday. However, my 'typical' patients are not phys-ed teachers. The concept of recovery depends on what you mean by recovery. Some of it depends on the type of procedure you have as well. In over 4000 surgeries I have operated on many fitness models, personal trainers, and body builders. In these patients the pectoralis muscle is typically very developed and the choices are either to...
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Breast implant recovery time
Breast implant surgery is an outpatient surgery. Most of my patients take pain medication for 2-3 days. If they have non-physical jobs, they can definitely go back to work within 1 week. However, I do not want my patients to exercise for 3-4 weeks; that includes lifting, stretching, and jumping. Recommendation may vary surgeon to surgeon. Please follow your plastic surgeon's instruction.
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Under Versus Over the Muscle is the Key
I agree with the much shorter recovery of 2-3 days for techniques where the implant is placed on top of your pectoral muscle. With this technique there is less movement restrictions because your normal anatomy has not been altered. In the case of placement under the muscle a week to two weeks is more the norm. There is a healing time for the incision in the muscle that allowed the appropriate amount of extra space needed to place you implant under the muscle.
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May take longer than a week depending on type procedure
Breast implants over the pectoral muscle has a much eaasier recovery than if the implants are under the muscle. The recovery period for a submuscular augmentation is similar to any muscle injury and may take longer than a week to be able to resume "normal" activities.
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Breast implant recovery time
How long is the recovery period for breast enlargement surgery?
The length of time it takes to recuperate after plastic surgery varies depending on the procedure performed and the person operated on. Most patients will require assistance for the first two days. Then most patients are able to care for themselves, but may still need assistance if they have small children to care for. The specific lengths of disability are outlined below by procedure. Breast augmentation patients can...
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Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
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Recovery After Breast Augmentation
You should easily be able to go back to work in one week or sooner. But, after breast augmentation, I generally recommend no heavy lifting or strenuous activity for 3-4 weeks. You need to give time for your incisions to heal. Once I have evaluated my patient at 4 weeks, I will clear them to slowly and gradually resume activity as tolerated.
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Every breast augmentation patient recovers differently.
Almost all of my patients are back to work after 2-3 days with some restrictions. Your best bet is to have the surgeon who is performing your surgery give you their personal recommendations.
Good luck!
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Rapid Recovery after Breast Augmentation
Hi there-
Your timing sounds acceptable, as long as you will not be performing upper body physical activity immediately on your return to work.
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Early recovery after breast augmentation
Most people can return to work within one week.
Your will have discomfort and consequently need pain medicine for 3-5 days. After that you can return to work so long as you don't lift more than 10 lbs for 3 weeks. You should avoid vigorous exercise for 4-6 weeks.
Randy Proffitt, MD
Mobile Plastic Surgeon
Mobile Plastic Surgeon
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Breast Augmentation recovery is generally a week.
Taking it very easy for at least a week after a Breast Augmentation is a good idea . A gradual return to presurgery activities is advisable. If the implants are over the muscle recovery may take a little less time but that first week is very important.
Walter D. Gracia, MD
Arlington Plastic Surgeon
Arlington Plastic Surgeon
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Re: Average recovery time for breast implant surgery
As long as you're not throwing the medicine ball around or demonstrating proper rope climbing technique a week should be an adequate amount of time for recovery. So, as long as you're only supervising activities, you should be OK. It generally takes about 2-3 weeks until breast augment patients are comfortable lifting their arms above their head. So if that's a problem, you may want to wait until summer break.
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Back to School
Dear Geneseo,
One full week off from work is a reasonable amount of time to recover for most patients. However, it might take an additional week before you could participate in the activities with your students. Being the teacher, you could hopefully curtail the intensity of your participation for that additional week, giving you enough time to heal. Good luck!
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Breast Augmentation recovery
Congratulations on your decision to have Breast Augmentation. Usually the recovery is one to two weeks depending on the individual's over all health and type of operation performed. You probably have a high pain tolerance and are used to muscle aches and pains so you should handle this very well. I recommend no heavy lifting or heavy exercise for about one month. Then slowly increase activity as tolerated. Good luck.
Sheila Bond, MD
Montclair Plastic Surgeon
Montclair Plastic Surgeon
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Recovery Following Breast Implants
Recovery is an average term. Most take a week to 10 days. other a few days. And rarely a few weeks. There are many factors that contribute to healing time. Like placement, medical history of bleeding, Vitamin use, Smoking, etc. These issues can be discussed in detail with your chosen operating surgeon. Best of luck.
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Return to work after Breast Augmentation
With your profession, I would recommend implants over the muscle. This will, by itself, speed recovery. If your surgeon uses the proper insertion technique, you should be able to go back to work in a few days if someone can drive you to your job. If not, you should definitely be able to return in a week.
Robert T. Buchanan, MD
Highlands Plastic Surgeon
Highlands Plastic Surgeon
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No exercise for 3 weeks after breast implants.
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We often have patients go back to work in 3 or 4 days. The problem is your specific job. Recovery is quite easy, but you have to curtail excessive physical activity for 3 weeks.
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Breast Augmentation Recovery
Most woman return to work by 1 week with little to no difficulty. You will need to curtail some of the upper body activity you do as a PE teacher over the following week, as the pectoralis muscle will require 4-6 weeks to heal before significant isolated exertion.
The second week you resume all your activities of daily living while paying attention to (minimizing) manuevers which may cause discomfort. Between the second and fourth week you can do most activities as long...
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Breast augmentation
You certainly can be back at work within a week but as long as it is only desk work.. You do not want to perform an exertional activity for about 3-4 weeks.
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Absolutly
If you want a "natural look" I assume you do not want overly large implants. The surgery is done as an outpatient and assuming you have no complications you can be back to work within a few days. But, no heavy exercise or jumping around or jogging for a few weeks. Your chest may be tender for a short while but usually there is not a lot of pain and a quick recovery is expected.
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Recovery Length after Augmentation Varies
Some women can return to work a week after their augmentation if there job is sedentary. Since you are a PE teacher and want to look natural and do not want others to know of your surgery, you should probably wait until your summer break unless the winter break is longer than 2 weeks. I agree that the recovery is less when implants are placed above the muscle but would suggest under the muscle placement if you are looking for a natural look.
John Whitt, MD
Louisville Plastic Surgeon
Louisville Plastic Surgeon
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Breast implant recovery
Implants over the muscle generally recover quicker than under. You might want to consider over the muscle technique with relatively small implants. This would produce the quickest recovery if that is a priority. You have to weight that against other priorities and advantages and disadvantages of over- or under-muscle techniques.
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