I am 31 years old, do not smoke and have had a breast augmentation 1 week ago. Am healing well and have been feeling great. Is there any risk to start taking birth control or use emergency contraceptive at this point in the recovery process? (1 week post op)
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It is common for patients to get muscle spasms after breast augmentation, your surgeon may be able to prescribe you a muscle relaxer to help with this. Muscle spasms don't usually lead to capsular contracture, but follow up with your surgeon.
Hello and thank you for your question. I am assuming you have the implants behind your pec muscle? It isn't unusual to have some back pain as well as shoulder pain for the first week post op. My thinner patients notice it a bit more but it subsides, and you can take your prescribed pain med...
A certain degree of nervousness is of course a normal reaction to the prospect of having surgery and going under anesthesia.However, in the hands of board-certified plastic surgeons, breast augmentation surgery is overwhelmingly done safely and without patients either waking up during surgery...
