Is breast augmentation painful?

Is breast augmentation painful?

Steve Fallek (Plastic Surgeon & Medical Director, Face Focus Medical Spa, New York City) gives expert video advice on: How is a breast augmentation procedure performed?; What's the difference between "silicone" and "saline" breast implants?; What are the dangers of silicone breast implants? and more...

The incision site with breast augmentation is not very painful. If your doctor chooses to put the breast augmentation implant underneath the muscle, the pectoralis muscle, he will need to cut the muscle. Usually he cuts it right on the medial aspect of the muscle, and that's the only painful part of breast augmentation. There are a variety of treatment options which can limit the pain associated with breast augmentation but in general, pain for a day or two, and a generally nice recovery.