What should I expect after breast augmentation surgery?

What should I expect after breast augmentation surgery?

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...

When you wake up from your breast augmentation surgery, you'll have some amount of pain which will be treated by both your doctor and by medications. In general you'll have a dressing on for a few days and you'll be asked to wear a bra at all times for around a month. Your doctor will determine in terms of his incisions on how to take care of the individual incision sites after breast augmentation surgery. In general, it's going to be staying off of your chest, limiting exercise, chest exercise for about a month, and making sure that you wear some sort of support bra, either a surgery bra, a specialty bra or even a jog bra.