Breast Implant Massage After Surgery
After going through the lengthy process of deciding to have a breast augmentation surgery and then having the surgery itself, the last thing you want to have to deal with is the potential for an additional surgery resulting from scarring.
Capsule contracture is the development of a foreign body scar. Often this type of scar will form when any foreign body is inserted into the body, and the body will try to isolate the foreign body as best it can with the scarring. This can, in breast implants, result in hard breasts and is best avoided.
The best way to avoid such a situation includes the following steps.
1 - First, ask your surgeon about his or her approaches during surgery to reduce possible infections. Are there particular approaches that he or she uses with regard to cutting through tissues? Cutting through certain breast tissue can solicit bacterial contamination, and so it is important to query your doctor as to their particular method of surgical procedure.
2 - The second thing to do is to abstain from smoking at least a few weeks prior to surgery. The reason for this is to eliminate any possibility that the body will not be able to deliver oxygen and blood to the parts of the body that are trying to heal. Wounds take longer to heal when they cannot get enough oxygen or blood.
2 - If you are having the trans-axillary surgery (going through the armpit), do not shave your armpits for ten days prior to surgery. This prevents any ingrown hairs getting into the incision area or any other surgical area.
3 - This step is not really in your control; immediately before surgery your body will be prepared with a strong anti-bacterial preparatory to avoid any bacterial contamination.
4 - Finally, and most importantly, following surgery, a vigorous repeated massage of the implants will keep the pocket holding the implant wide open, and prevent the scarring. Additionally, it will keep them from getting hard, and will also keep them looking very natural.
It takes only a few minutes per day to prevent what would be a repeat procedure, and undoubted discomfort and pain.
The technique of the massage is a method unique to breast implant surgery, and following surgery must be done every two to three hours for a few days, then two to three times per day.
At three weeks post-operation through the rest of the patient's life, the massage should be performed once per day.
The breast should be squeezed from the bottom, enough to move completely the implant up as high as it can go, completely displacing the implant from the location where it was located, into the pocket above the breast. This method helps to prevent any scarring from forming.
Following these simple yet important steps will ensure that your breast augmentation will not only be successful from an aesthetic standpoint but will also make sure that you avoid the complication of scarring around the breast implant.
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