I am an ICU nurse- I was wondering how long I would need to be off after breast implants, considering how physical my job is?

I usually recommend my patients take about 5-7 days off of work. Do not lift anything heavy until about 6 weeks after surgery. Please ask your surgeon for their advice as they may have different guidelines.

  Dear tsr88, In my practice we suggest that women with very physical jobs ( I would consider an ICU nurse to have a very physical job) to wait at least 2 weeks and sometimes longer before getting back to very active upper body stress movements. We fell that this can help minimize complications such as hematoma. I would ask your surgeon what their protocol is and be sure to let them know how active your job is...most of us know this already having worked in ICU's during our residencies. Good luck. Dr. Gervais

One week given that there are no complications would be ok, you would be sore though but I would be comfortable having you go back at a week

I don't allow my patients to do any heavy lifting for 6 weeks.  From a pain point of view, you should be ok after a week.  You should discuss this with your PS.

Many pts return to work in3-4 days if you lift with your arms close and flexed at the elbow then you can do most things after two weeks you should be fine