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.