Can I Get a Tattoo 3 Days Post- Breast Augmentation?

It should be safe to get a tattoo then wait a full month for your breast augmentation.Please discuss with your plastic surgeon for his blessings and viewpoint

You should probably wait as your body is still early on in its recovery. You need to focus your energies on recovering from surgery first before considering a tattoo, and you wouldn't want to compromise your healing process with a possible infection caused by the tattoo.

No Tattoo this early on-you need to wait several months and consult with your PS when it's safe to go ahead with it-you are too swollen initially.

I would recommend waiting until you have completely recovered from the breast augmentation surgery, about 4-6 weeks to be cautious.  There is a risk of infection from the tattoo itself and this can potentially cause unnecessary problems immediately after surgery.  

The best advise is why hurry wait until full 3 weeks of healing or even longer. The risks of a possible infection from the tattoo is my concern. 

I would wait to get a tattoo until you are completely healed from your breast augmentation.  Once things are healed, you propbably can get a tattoo. Check with your surgeon.

Dear Allykat4,

I would wait at least a few weeks, if not months, before getting a tattoo after undergoing breast augmentation. While getting a tattoo is normally relatively safe, there is a small chance that it could cause an infection, which could affect your breast implants. As others have said, why take an extra chance when you don't have to?

Warmest wishes,

Larry Fan, MD

I agree with my colleagues who advise waiting. Though the risks are extremely low, why take any unnecessary risk? Do you really want a tattoo to distract people from looking at your chest? Even if this tattoo is something you have planned for a long time and entirely separately from your breast enlargement surgery, there really is no reason to have it done during a time when you are still healing, and susceptible to bacteremia if your tattoo were to become infected.

Besides, tattoos are often more permanent than the desire to have them--I perform laser tattoo removal all the time for patients whose lives, wants, and "forever" beliefs somehow change. Consider a small, inconspicuous, and easily-removed tattoo if you MUST have one! BTW, my daughters have tattoos--they got the same advice from Dad.

You can get a tattoo three days after breast augmentation, but should you? The risk to you or your breast implants is incredibly low, and you may shed more bacteria in your bloodstream brushing your teeth. You can get a tattoo. Back to the should you issue. If the tattoo has been something that you have wanted and planned for it sounds OK. If it is of the moment, to celebrate your big event, let the breast implants speak for themselves.

Best of luck,

peterejohnsonmd

Hi Allykat4 in Canada,

Probably - but I would advise against it.  We usually recommend not doing anything for three weeks post operatively, in order to give everything a chance to heal.  That includes exercise, lifting, etc.  While a tattoo seems like a minor procedure there is always a risk of infection and, because of that, I'd advise holding off.  You should, of course, talk to your own plastic surgeon.

I hope that this helps, and good luck,

Dr. E