When Can I Go on a Sunbed After a Breast Implant?

It’s
important to avoid sun exposure and tanning beds following cosmetic surgery for
several reasons.Tanning beds can
adversely impact wound healing and result in unfavorable scarring.In addition, patients can suffer severe
sunburns because of numbness in the involved areas.We generally recommend avoiding sun
exposure or tanning beds for a minimum of six weeks following surgery.After six weeks, it’s important to use a sun
screen with both UVA and UVB protection.In general terms, tanning beds have a potential negative impact on the
quality of the skin and the potential for developing skin cancers.For this reason, we generally recommend that
they should be avoided.

Sunbeds have been proven to cause skin cancer so I would not use a sunbed period.  If you don't mind getting skin cancer and are just concerned about how the sunbed will affect the results and scars, I would recommend you use sunscreen on the surgical scars up to a year following surgery until the scars have completely matured and are no longer red, raised or firm.  Best wishes.