1.5 Week Post-Op BA: Is it normal for incision area to feel hard?

Thank you for your question.  It is normal for the incision to feel firm in the first few weeks after any surgery.  The skin adjacent to the repair is swollen and thickened.  The sutures bind the tissues together tightly and increase the density.  Even the suture knots can add to the firmness.  This all tends to settle over a few weeks and months as the swelling settles and the sutures dissolve.  It has nothing to do with capsular contracture in answer to your concerns regarding that.  Your incisions are very nicely placed in the IMF and should heal just fine.  I would check in with your PS when they are back in town.

Incisions are typically quite firm early on after surgery and it will take several months for them to soften. Follow up with your surgeon when they return so that they can review scar maturation with you and what to expect in the weeks and months ahead.

Thank you for your question and photograph.  It is quite common for your incisions to be raised, red and firm following breast augmentation.  As healing progresses, this area will soften and flatten.  Best of luck.