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What Are the Effects if I Keep Wearing my Sports Bra After Breast Augmentation?
I am 2 weeks post op from breast augmentation. I was told I can wear any bra I'd like as long as its underwire free. I would like to know what the effects would be if I keep wearing the sports bra?
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aet1013
in Columbus, GA
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Sports Bra after breast augmentation
I recommend to my patients that they do not wear an underwire bra for four weeks after surgery. The reason is so the breasts can drop and settle. After the first month you may wear any bra you would like. Bras of any sort are always a good thing because breast augmentation does not defy gravity.
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Bra after Breast Augmentation?
Thank you for the question.
There should be no problem wearing a sports bra after breast augmentation; if you have specific concerns best to check with your plastic surgeon.
Best wishes.
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Here are some ill effects of wearing a sports bra after breast augmentation.
All of my colleagues have given answers that are thoughtful and informative, but they all seem to lack information about one problem I have seen in a few of my patients who wear a sports bra "too much" after surgery. I would define "too much" as most of the day and night, as in some patients who tell me when I ask them to remain braless during the day (when not exercising, jogging, etc.) and they respond with "But I HAVE to wear a bra!" Some patients are...
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Sports bra
I am unaware of any negative effect of continuing to wear a sports bra. I usually have my patients wear something for 4 weeks
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Sports bra and breast augmentation
I am not sure that a bra really does anything. It depends upon the procedure performed. But some surgeons do not even use bras after surgery.
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Sports bra after BA
Different surgeons have different recommendations for wearing bras after breast surgery. Sometimes it depends on what was does done. Also breasts respond differently to the implants. Some stretch easily while others are tighter. One size does not fit all. You should ask your surgeon what is right for you.
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Wear a bra
I recommend a supportive bra, preferable with an underwire for my patients because it offers more support. Underwire or not, I think a bra with cups supports the shape of the breast. Wearing a sports bra in place of a regular bra with cups may distort the shape of the breast because a sports bra is designed to be compressive. The "compressed" look is not the shape we want after surgery. I tell my patients it is OK to wear a sports bra when running or...
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Sports bra can be worn indefinitely after breast augmentation.
Most surgeons provide the patient with a support bra at the time of breast augmentation for comfort and to help immobilize the surgically violated tissue. After 2 weeks a breast is probably therapeutically unnecessary but many patients wear them for comfort. I don't think the type of bra makes a difference provided the bottom of the bra does not traumatize the incision if that incision is in the crease below the breast.
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Wearing a bra after augmentation
The scar around your implant will be affected by pressure or lack of it. I tell patients that you support a fractured bone until it is well healed when a scar forms around the fracture. If you support the implant to an abnormal place while it is healing, the scar (or capsule) will form in that same abnormal place. If on the other hand you are just supporting the actual breast tissue, and not the breast implant, then there should not be problems with forming the capsule in...
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Sports bra after breast augmentation surgery
Continuing to wear your sports bra after breast augmentation surgery will have no ill effect. I ask my patients to wear a supportive bra for the first 3 weeks after breast augmentation surgery around the clock then some sort of bra to give support to the enhanced breasts indefinitely. I feel that the breasts will maintain their youthful appearance for a longer period of time rather than going completely bra-less at all times.
As for under-wire bras, it's only an issue...
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