How long would I need to take off work after breast implants?

Most patients undergoing breast augmentation may return to desk job work in less than a week. Physical work may require 3-4 weeks off. But it's best to discuss this with your plastic surgeon.

Hello dear, thanks for your post. It is very important to take enough time off of work after breast augmentation to allow tissues to heal and the capsules to form properly. I think the temptation is to minimize breast augmentation surgery and make people feel like it is just a small thing, and we are great surgeons who can get them back to normal life the next day, or even the next week. The truth is that it is real surgery, we really cut muscles and other tissues to do it, those tissues can bleed or form scar tissue or get infected, and premature return to activity increases the chances that one of those things will happen. Anyone with a strenuous or physically demanding job, including mopping, lifting, pushing, overhead reaching, and the like should take special care. This includes people in jobs like waitresses/servers, hairstylists, nurses, military and police personnel, warehouse and retail workers, production line workers, and exotic dancers. If you have a strenuous job like that, you should take at least a full week off of work, and then when you return from that you should be on modified, or light duties in which you can avoid those types of activities that put a strain on your chest muscles, for at least another 2 - 3 weeks.  Check with your surgeon first before finalizing your work schedule. Good luck. :)