What To Expect From Breast Augmentation Post Op.

When a woman goes into the hospital to have breast augmentation surgery, she should research and talk to her doctor to get info about what to expect during the breast augmentation post op. This is the aftermath of the surgery when the woman wakes up from the anesthesia and until about two or three weeks later.

The Breast Augmentation Post Op will be different for every woman that has the surgery because everybody's system will react differently to the effects of the surgery, the anesthesia, and the pain killers that are given at breast augmentation post op.

The advice that is usually given by a doctor before the surgery to a woman, is to make sure that everything that needs to be completed at home, be done before the surgery because during the breast augmentation post op, the woman will not be doing any kind of housework or lifting. It is always good for a woman to have some sort of ongoing help at home during the breast augmentation post op.

Other advice will include making sure that the woman take the required prescribed medication such as pain killers and the antibiotic to make sure there is no type of infection during the breast augmentation post op. There may be some nausea and vomiting that might occur during this time but this is usually caused by the after effects of the anesthesia and usually only lasts about 24 hours during the breast augmentation post op.

Three to five days during the breast augmentation post op, there will possibly be bruising and some swelling of the breasts and will usually only last for up to 14 days. Again, these occurrences might not happen in every case due to the fact that every woman's breast augmentation post op will be different.

The woman must also be aware when she is washing during the breast augmentation post op period because she will be wearing a bra and a tension bandage over vaseline and gauze that is put on the incision over the steri-strips that help keep the incision from breaking open. During the breast augmentation post op, the woman can start to shower around the second day. She should remove everything but the steri-strips and shower as normal using mild soap.

During the breast augmentation post op, for the first three days there should be no lifting or big movements of the arms. Exercise is able to be done only after two or three weeks after the surgery. For the first four weeks of the breast augmentation post op, a bra should be worn at all times except during showers, in order for the implant to stay where it is supposed to stay while healing.

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