Recovery Process After Breast Reduction Surgery Aesthetics

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The recovery process after breast reduction surgery may differ depending on the content of aesthetic breast reduction and breast lift surgery.  It is important that you actively participate in breast care, use your medications regularly and follow your doctor's recommendations in order to recover quickly and comfortably after breast reduction surgery.

As with all aesthetic surgeries, whether it is breast reduction aesthetics or breast lift surgery, it is important to pay attention to hygiene and cleanliness after the operation, to care for the breast dressings on the breast, and to keep them clean and dry to prevent the development of infection.

The healing process after Breast Reduction Surgery is usually fast and it is easy to recover quickly and return to your normal life. In terms of recovery time after aesthetic breast reduction surgery, you can return to your social life on the third day and start your office work on the fifth day. Although there is some excitement before breast reduction, it is usually comfortable after breast reduction surgery, except for the pressure felt on the breast. Please give yourself time for your new breasts to look their best.

What is the Aftermath of Breast Reduction Surgery?

The first 6 hours of breast reduction surgery is usually very comfortable in the hospital.

  • You can go home 6 hours after the breast reduction surgery with the permission of your doctor. Sometimes you may need to stay in the hospital for 1 night.
  • There may be a feeling of tension, pressure and fullness starting 6 to 8 hours after breast reduction surgery. For these, regular use of painkillers given to you by your doctor will relieve your pain.
  • In the first two days of breast reduction surgeries, there may be a mild pain at a varying rate that varies according to the person. These pains can be reduced and alleviated with the medications given by your doctor. The pain decreases from the third day and improves after 5 to 7 days.
  • In all breast reduction surgeries, there is swelling called edema, which varies according to the person in the first two days. These swellings begin to subside on the 3rd day.
  • Women who have breast reduction surgery may have bruising and hardness around the breast. These hard and purple areas heal spontaneously within a few weeks.

Opening Breast Reduction Aesthetic Dressings

Your dressing is opened on the 4th day of breast reduction surgery. This period may vary according to the preference of the doctor who performed your surgery. It is recommended that you follow the recommendations of the doctor who performed your surgery. When your breast dressing is opened, you may not like the first breast appearance. There may be swelling and bruising around the breast on the skin of your breast. But it should be remembered that these are temporary and will all disappear when you heal.

In breast reduction aesthetic surgeries, you should regularly use the cream recommended by your doctor on the wound. You may be asked to use a moisturizing cream for the first week or two. From the 2nd week after the skin wound is closed and healing is completed, you should use a scar cream recommended by your doctor. You should apply the scar cream regularly in the morning and evening for at least 3 months. The scar cream, which is used regularly for at least 3 months, sometimes 6 months after breast reduction, supports the healing of the scar on the skin in a more indistinct way.

Breast Massage and Use of a Medical Bra

I show breast massage to all my patients who have undergone breast surgery and breast reduction surgery on the 5th to 7th day after the pain has subsided or disappeared. I ask them to do this regularly for three months, every day at regular intervals, in the manner and duration that I show them. You can get help with breast massage from your spouses from the second week of your surgery; you can ask them to give you a breast massage.

After aesthetic breast reduction surgery, your doctor may ask you to use a medical bra or sports bra. It is important that you wear these bras in line with your doctor's advice in order to have a good healing process for your breast reduction surgery.

I wear the medical bra over the breast dressing at the end of breast reduction surgery for women who have had breast surgery and for my breast reduction patients and I ask them to wear it for at least 1 to 2 months. Medical bras may be a little more expensive than sports bras. But medical bras designed in accordance with breast structure and anatomy and compatible with human body ergonomics are very useful after breast reduction surgery. The special braided fibers of medical bras support your breasts during arm and body movements. It alleviates your pain by keeping breast movements within the desired limits. During your breathing and physical movements, the special braided fibers of the medical bra support breast healing by massaging your breasts.

I wear the medical bra as a gift to all my patients who have undergone breast augmentation, breast lift, breast lift and breast reduction surgery immediately after the operation and I recommend them to wear it for 2 to 3 months if they do not get bored for at least 1 month.

Shower, Bath, Pool and Sea after Breast Reduction Surgery
On the 4th day after your breast dressing is opened, you can take a shower and bath if your doctor allows. It takes two weeks for the skin wound to heal completely and gain protective properties after breast reduction aesthetics. You should not enter the sea and pool in terms of infection risk after breast lift surgery with breast silicone implants. In this regard, you should get the permission of the doctor who performed your breast reduction surgery. Swimming in the sea and pool is allowed after the skin wound healing is completed. This period may vary between people depending on the rate of wound healing. Permission to swim in the sea and pool may take about two weeks or more.

When you start swimming in the sea and pool, you should protect your breast skin from the harmful rays of the sun for 2 months. To do this, you can use a sunscreen cream with a protective factor of over 30 at least 15 minutes before you start sunbathing. You may need to repeat the sunscreen if

  • If more than 4 hours have passed after applying the cream and you continue to be exposed to the sun
  • If you sweat a lot
  • If you have taken a shower
  • If you have changed clothes
  • You should reapply it after going in and out of the sea and pool, as it may lose its properties.

How to Return to Social Activities after Breast Reduction Surgery

The time to return to social activities after breast reduction aesthetics and breast lift surgery may vary according to the speed of recovery.

On the 1st day after breast reduction surgery, it is recommended that you rest in your bed and rest except for your basic needs.
After the 2nd hour after breast reduction surgery, you can stand up for your basic needs and if your doctor permits, you can be discharged after 6 hours and go home. You can take light walks on the 2nd day after breast reduction surgery.
On the 2nd day after breast reduction surgery, you can return to your social activities that are not too tiring. You can read books, newspapers, magazines, watch television and spend time at the computer.
On the third day of breast reduction surgery, you can take short walks that are not tiring and start external social activities such as visiting shopping malls and parks.
On the 4th day of breast reduction surgery, you will go to your doctor's office for a check-up. The fourth day of breast reduction surgery is the big day and you will see the shape of your new breasts naked for the first time.

When Can I Start Working After Breast Reduction Surgery?

In breast reduction aesthetics, office work that does not require excessive effort can be started on the 3rd day of surgery.
Women who have undergone breast reduction aesthetics can start office work that is not too tiring and does not require excessive physical effort on the 5th day of breast reduction surgery.
It will be more appropriate to start heavy work that requires manual weight lifting and body strength after at least 10 days after breast reduction surgery. This period may vary according to the recovery status of the individuals.

Starting Physical Activities After Breast Reduction Surgery

Women who undergo breast reduction aesthetics can take long walks from the 1st week of breast reduction surgery.
They can do brisk walking and jogging from the 2nd week of breast reduction surgery. They can swim in the sea and pool with the permission of their doctor.
As of the 3rd week after breast reduction aesthetic surgery, they can do jobs that require heavy physical strength.
Women who have breast reduction surgery can start sportive games such as tennis, where arm movement is high, and heavy sports that require arm strength from the 4th week after aesthetic breast reduction surgery.
After the 2nd month after aesthetic breast reduction surgery, sauna, solarium and steam bath can be used.

 

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