Frequently Asked Breast Augmentation Questions

What do you recommend to treat pain after breast implants?

For postoperative pain we take a very proactive approach. If patients are not allergic we start them on an anti-inflammatory and pain pill the night before surgery as well as the morning of. We also give them Tylenol before surgery. These help block the amount of pain that the patient feels during surgery. This subsequently reducing how much pain medicine they require after surgery and how much pain they feel. I also anesthetize the breasts with local anesthetic at the time of surgery. This has been very helpful in reducing pain after surgery. There is a now a long acting local anesthetic that can last up to three days. While most patients following augmentation have not required this, it could be of a benefit if someone is particularly worried about postoperative pain. All of the measures we take we found make breast augmentation a very reasonable experience from a pain management point of view.

Frequently Asked Breast Augmentation Questions

How long should I have assistance at home following surgery?

How long you could need assistance after surgery greatly depends on what kind of surgery you have. For facial rejuvenation surgeries we often recommend having some assistance for a couple of days. I strongly encourage the use of facial compresses after surgery and it is quite helpful to have someone who can help freshen’ these for you. Ladies who have small children at home tend to need more help for a few days until they are better back on their feet. For breast augmentation there are restrictions on how much lifting can be done. Each patient's lifting requirements influence how long I recommend needing assistance. For routine activities of daily living following breast augmentation having help for a day or two is generally sufficient. For any patient following surgery if a narcotic is prescribed for pain control I tell my patients to not drive while taking any narcotics. This could be considered driving under the influence. For driving in general, I ask my patients to make sure they feel limber enough to drive and safely look over their shoulder to check for traffic as well as not taking any prescription pain pills.

Frequently Asked Breast Augmentation Questions

Is it possible to prevent breast implants from rupturing, rippling, or wrinkling?

In an absolute sense, No.

Breast implants can rupture, wrinkle, or ripple by no fault of the patients. There are however things that can minimal risks. In general, I do not feel that there is much the patient can do to reduce the risks of rupturing because the implants are very resilient. The patients worry about whether their implant will hold up to activities of daily living and they do. A rupture can happen. At eleven years, 92% of the implants are intact so I do not feel that it is a very high risk.

In terms of reducing wrinkling and rippling, the most important thing is picking an implant that is not too big for your tissues. This is a relative volume. This is influenced heavily on the amount of breast tissue a lady has as well as the quality of her tissues. This is the sort of thing that we were able to make recommendations on based on a physical exam as well as her implant sizing.

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Frequently Asked Breast Augmentation Questions

If I don’t like the results of my surgery what can I do?

This is fortunately a fairly rare problem. We do have a revision policy that we go over with patients. Most things within the first six months to a year are covered. Sometime there will be charges only for supplies. I often try to deal with this sort of subject proactively. When I meet patients that had surgery elsewhere they will often not like one quality about the surgical result. Not uncommonly this can be a result of their specific anatomy. Some of that can be changed and some of it cannot. Every patient needs a thorough explanation of what each operation can and cannot do for them. This should explain the surgical limitation of what can be done as well as their anatomic limitations. By doing this I think that you enhance patient’s satisfaction because they will consistently get the result that you have discussed with them. If they have agreed to be happy with this in advance I have found that they are happy with it after surgery. A miscommunication of what the patient wanted or an unrealistic expectation that is not clarified with the surgeon can lead to a great deal of unhappiness. If there is an issue such as unsatisfactory scarring then this is usually handled as I described.

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