Rapid Recovery Breast Augmentation?

Hello,
I specialize in Quick Recovery Breast Augmentation. I am located in Minnesota. If you'd like to set up a virtual consultation you may call our office. The pros of it include being able to go home same day, back to work after a few days, and resume normal activities. We do have a hotel that is walking distance to the accredited surgery center. Please don't hesitate to reach out.
All the best,
Dr. Joe

Recovery from breast augmentation can take four to six weeks. During your recovery, we recommend only doing low-stress activities for the first two weeks, such as short walks and regular household activities. At two-weeks post op, we recommend you begin some low impact cardio like exercising with an elliptical or stair master, or hiking if you prefer being outdoors.
After four weeks, you can begin to reintroduce resistance training with no chest exercise. For breast augmentation patients, we recommend no chest exercises until about eight to twelve weeks after surgery to ensure that the precise location of the implant does not shift in an unwanted direction.
If you are preparing for an event, we recommend having your breast augmentation no less than eight to twelve weeks before the event to ensure proper garment sizing and total activity.

Thank you for this question. I regularly perform a rapid recovery breast augmentation with gummy bear cohesive silicone breast implants. Patients go home the same day of surgery and are able to go to dinner that evening if they choose. No narcotic pain medication is required. This easy recovery is due to a precise method of implant pocket dissection as well as a numbing medication that is placed into the pocket prior to implant placement.
My out of town patients schedule a virtual consultation and are seen the day before surgery for an in-person preoperative visit. Patients often fly home postop day 1 after their visit with me in the morning. I hope this helps!

Rapid recovery is pretty standard among most practices. Recovery depends on you, your procedure, and your surgeon's experience. This may vary a bit from person to person, but not much. I recommend an in person consultation with a plastic surgeon to discuss your goals and be measured. After I measure and discuss goals with my patients, we then look at pictures of women (my patients) with similar measurements with different size implants. They also get to see what they would look like when the breasts have fully dropped and fluffed and in clothes. You get to see actual results and the surgeon's experience and not a virtual idea of what can be achieved. Women tell me that this process is very helpful in determining what is right for them. Dr. Ted Eisenberg, Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and Author. RealSelf Distinguished Hall of Fame Inductee. Philadelphia, Pa., USA

any patient shouldprobably have relatively rapid recovery if the plastic surgeon is doing his job well.rapid recovery comes about when a good plastic surgeon treats the tissues with respect and is careful not to do any unneeded extra movements. The patient also plays a role in this recovery. I think it is important that a patient is in the right frame of mind and is prepared to need very few or no narcotics. Normal activity would promote healing by decreasing muscle spasm. Most patients should be ready to drive within a couple of days postop and resume normal activities or exercise by one week.

Dear Runnergirl2024,
I understand your concern. It is best that you consult your plastic surgeon regarding post operative care and management (i.e including massage techniques and timing) specific to your case. Your surgeon knows your condition well and has preferences on when and what to use for faster healing and recovery. Post operative care and management depends on the type of surgery performed and the technique used during surgery among other factors.It is best, however, that you follow your plastic surgeon's advice on post operative care management for a smooth and faster healing and recovery.
Daniel Barrett, MDCertified, American Board of Plastic SurgeryMember, American Society of Plastic SurgeryMember, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Unfortunately, the term is used and marketed by some surgeons, but they do not represent the sum total number of surgeons who perform evidence based best practices for this procedure. The term was coined because, along with things done before and during the operation, the patient begins stretching exercises the day of surgery on an hourly basis. Having patients bring their arms over their heads allows the pec muscle to be actively stretched, and thereby preventing spasm, the main cause of breast augmentation surgery. Along with proper implant selection, meticulous surgery involving 'prospective hemostasis' (using a specialized cautery tweezers) allows for creation of a subpectoral pocket that does not ooze or bleed. This reduces pain too, and allows the patient to move in ways we never thought prudent years ago. When done, patients take only Tylenol and non-steroidal medication for pain; no narcotics necessary. Recovery is in days instead of weeks. There are no cons compared to other ways; it's the best way we know how to do the operation.

Breast augmentation has a pretty short recovery anyway. Surgeons who say rapid recovery are just doing it as a marketing thing. They’re not doing anything unique

Thanks for your question! I do think traveling out of the area is reasonable, but understand that you will need a pre-op appointment, surgery and follow-up appointments with a surgeon prior to leaving. We like our out-of-state patients to stay for a week. Regarding the "rapid recovery" method, there are no cons. I use a number of non-narcotic medications, a mostly non-narcotic general anesthesia and specific surgery techniques to allow for a rapid recovery. I would suggest finding a surgeon you like and then ask about his/her recovery. Good luck!

Thank you for sharing your question. Unfortunately the "Rapid Recovery" breast augmentation is a marketing term and is not in any way different than the majority of what surgeons do for a breast augmentation. Best to feel confident with your surgeon instead of the "technique."