How long will numbness last after Breast Augmentation?

Hi and thank you for your question. I normallyadvise my patients that 90% of patients will have relatively normal sensation by 9 months postop. The other patients may take up to another 18 months to recover. By 2years then it is more than likely that there will be little further change.

Thank you for your question.  Yes, it is normal to have breast numbness after breast surgery.  Usually, most of the sensation will return 6-9 months after surgery.  I usually tell patients that they should have recovery by 12 months.  If there is stil numbness beyond this, it will likely not return.  Best of luck to you.  

Numbness with breast surgery is a risk of surgery and can take several months to go away. If you are still numb at a year's time, you may stay numb.

Most patients experience some numbness after surgery, and it generally takes up to year for sensation to fully return. You should have most sensation back within a few months.  

Numbness especially on the inside of your breast near the breast bone is not uncommon after breast augmentation.  Recovery of sensation is usually a complete by a year to a year and a half.  I would say that any numbness you have at 2 years will be permanent.  Fortunately you like your result and I believe your nipple sensation is intact which is most important.

I am glad that you like your breast augmentation
results. Numbness after having breast
implants placed is not unusual. In my
experience just about everyone has some numbness in their breasts after wards,
especially on the inside or along the sternum.
The numbness usually dissipates over the first 3 months. If it persists, the numbness is coming from
nerves that were cut or severely damaged during your surgery. This is not a slight on your surgeon as these
nerves are very small and we cannot see them when we are operating. Sometimes we damage the nerves and sometimes
we don't. Sometimes the damage is more
severe than other times.



If a nerve is damaged, it must repair its fibers from the
point of injury along the route of the nerve fiber (like a wire regenerating
itself). This process takes about a millimeter
a day at most (about the same rate your hair grows). So the further away the damage is from the
area the nerve serves or gives sensation to, the longer the recovery.



If a nerve is permanently damaged then it make take a very
long time for the sensation to come back and it is likely that it will never be
normal again.



That is the ling answer to say that you may not get all of
your sensation back if you are now almost a year from your breast augmentation. The good news is that you have a result that
you love!



I hope that helps.



Best regards.