The areolas can be reduced to a more proportional size during the procedure as well. After spending a brief time in supervised recovery, you will be able to go home that same day to continue your recovery. Your chest will be bandaged, and you may be sent home in a surgical bra. You can expect to feel considerable soreness the first couple of days after your procedure, and your cosmetic surgeon will prescribe pain medication to help keep you comfortable during this initial period.
Gently placing ice packs on top of the bandages can help alleviate discomfort as well. The amount of time you need to recover from breast reduction will depend on your natural healing rate as well as the extent of surgery performed. You will be able to get up and walk around the same day of surgery, although you should have a trusted adult with you during the first 24 hours.
While you may be permitted to shower a few days after surgery, you will probably need help getting dressed, as you will not have full range of motion in your chest and shoulders at first. Most patients feel ready to drive and return to a desk job within 1 week, after they are no longer taking prescription pain medication. Your cosmetic surgeon will likely have you wait a minimum of 3 to 4 weeks before resuming exercise other than walking; this helps to ensure your incisions heal properly.
Patients note an increase in self-confidence as well as a renewed sense of freedom to wear the clothes they want to wear and participate in physical activities they had previously avoided. While many patients experience an immediate relief from back and shoulder pain after breast reduction, it is important to understand that it will take some time for your final results to settle in. Swelling, soreness, and tingling are typical after breast reduction, so your new smaller breasts may appear a little larger than you had expected while initial swelling is present.
Additionally, the breasts often heal at a different rate, so you may notice some asymmetry during the first few months of your recovery. After about months, your final results will be more or less in place and you can shop for new bras with confidence. The pectoral muscles that lie beneath the breasts can keep the chest strong and affect the overall look of your chest.
And when you spent time outdoors, use an all over sunscreen to keep your skin safe. Avoid pregnancy or fluctuations in weight Pregnancy and significant changes in weight both cause stretching of the skin that can change your breasts over time. For the longest lasting results, try to be at a steady weight and have completed your family before opting for breast reduction surgery.
Know that your breasts will continue to age — right along with the rest of your body — even after surgery. Even so, your breasts will be smaller and in a better position. If your breasts have been interfering with your life, this surgery can change that for you. Contact Dr. Slack to learn if breast reduction surgery is right for you. Our Allen, Texas office is conveniently located 30 minutes north of Dallas and easily accessible from surrounding cities such as Plano, McKinney, and Frisco, Texas.
After Tummy Tuck with Muscle Repair. Breast Reduction, Breast Lift or Both? Newly operated breast lift or reduction patients may start to droop again as soon as five years after their original operation. Sometimes the original surgeon may not have removed enough skin and continued sagginess can be seen within months after the original operation.
Other times the patient may have had another pregnancy causing post-partum sagging. Correction of secondary droopy breasts is easily done through the same incisions as the original operation and will not leave any new scars.
Occasionally patients will also elect to change their implant to a larger size, which may in itself overcome some of the droopiness.
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