Explant with capsulectomy recovery expectations. 8 year old saline implants. Any suggestions?

Thank you for the question.Breast implant removal recovery surgery is usually almost painless and associated with a faster return to activities compared to the breast augmentation procedure. You should be able to resume your activities relatively quickly after removal of breast implants, barring any complications. Your plastic surgeon will be able to guide you more specifically but most patients this return to vigorous activity may be as early as 3 to 4 weeks after this type of surgery.Best wishes.

Exparel should help manage your pain for the first few days when pain is typically worst. After the first few days to a week patients are often able to manage with over the counter pain medications. You will need to wear compression as directed by your surgeon. Lifting restrictions will also be in place in most cases.

I kinda love everything you are saying here. The doctor should be doing at least a partial capsulectomy as you indicated, and repair the muscle, and inject exparel into the muscle repair, as he or she is doing. All doctors that say "it doesn't hurt at all" are usually sliding out the implant without doing the important part, i.e., the pec repair and making the breast look good again. The pain is very mild with the exparel, expect to have a few days of taking narcotics at most.