Day 1 – 4

Post Op Appointment: Day after surgery

The first few days after surgery are when you will experience ‘downtime.’ The first 24 – 48 hours is the most important and the most uncomfortable for some. During this time you will have some swelling, pain and it will be sore. This is also the time that requires the most pain medication and you will need a caretaker to help you. Some bruising may appear and you may have fluid retention due to the surgical process. Larger implants and subpectoral (under the muscle) implant placement may also cause greater discomfort. Applying ice packs during the first few days does help to reduce inflammation and pain. I tell my patients they can shower if they are up for it 48 hours after surgery.

Day 4 – 7

Post Op Appointment: Day 8 Stitches Removed

Usually by day 5 you will start to feel a little better, you will have more mobility and most of my patients are off of pain medication by Day 7 when I see them to remove stitches. You will be sent home with in a post-op surgical bra. I like my patients to wear the surgical bra that we send you home in and then you can start wearing a sports bra that hooks in the front or back post op day 5 – 7.  At one week I make an assessment whether the patient needs a breast band to wear over the top of the breasts.  Usually, my patients that have a bit of constricted lower breast will wear the band around the clock for one month.

 Days 9 – 21

The majority of the initial capsule formation occurs during this period and the majority of the swelling should begin to subside. You may have occasional pain at night but the majority of my patients are off pain medication by now. You can resume light daily activities around Day 9. If you have a desk job you should probably be able to go back to work at this time. For those with more strenuous jobs, you may want to wait another week as you don’t want it to affect your result.

 Days 21 – 44

Post Op Appointment: Day 44

When I see you for your six week post op appointment I will give you clearance to resume your daily life. Most people want to know: When can I start working out? Around your six week appointment. Start with light aerobic activity and work your way back into it. I will also let you know you can begin wearing normal bras at this time but hold off on an underwire bra until it feels comfortable, especially with the inframammary incision.

Again, I can’t emphasize enough how each person and each breast augmentation is different so I treat everything and everyone on an individual basis. I have patients that are up and about after under the muscle surgery with 250 cc implants after 3 or 4 days.  It just depends on you!

I hope that you feel like you have a better understanding of the recovery time for after a breast augmentation surgery. If you have any other questions, please feel free to leave me a comment and I can address it in another blog post.

Dr. Christa Clark

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In this blog post I will quickly detail the costs associated with Breast Lift surgery for women in Sacramento.

The main reason why Breast Lift surgery is more expensive than Breast Augmentation is TIME. It takes more time to reshape a woman’s breast then just placing an implant under the muscle. I typically will spend 2 – 4 hours performing a mastopexy augmentation versus 90 minutes on a breast augmentation. There are two types of breast lift techniques that I utilize: the anchor pattern and the lolli-pop pattern.

Based on the time that it takes to perform the lift here are the fees associated with this procedure:

• Anesthesia Costs $800.00
• Operating Room $2,000.00
• Surgeons Fee $6,800 – $7,300
• Silicone Implants are $1,641.00 or Saline Implants are $620.00

Total Range for Mastopexy Augmentation $10,220.00 – $11,741.00

Other costs outside of this would be any prescriptions that I order or any other lab work that might need to be done.

I hope that I have answered one of the most common questions about Mastopexy Augmentation surgery. If you have any other questions, please feel free to leave me a comment and I can address it in another blog post.

Dr. Christa Clark

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Typically I see women that are candidates for two very common procedures in plastic surgery:

• Breast Augmentation
• Breast Augmentation with a Lift

Today I will be addressing breast augmentation with no lift. Without a lift, Breast Augmentation is a straight forward method of altering your breasts. It takes about 90 minutes and it is performed here in my AAAASF certified operating suite.

• Anesthesia Costs $500.00
• Operating Room $1,500.00
• Surgeons Fee $3,300.00
• Silicone Implants are $1,641.00 or Saline Implants are $620.00

Total for Silicone Implants $6,941.00

Total for Saline Implants $5,920.00

Other costs outside of this would be any prescriptions that I order or any other lab work that might need to be done. Then of course – you just might want to buy yourself some new bras when you are recovered – but that I leave up to you!

I hope that I have answered one of the most common questions around Breast Augmentation. If you have any other questions, please feel free to leave me a comment and I can address it in another blog post.

Dr. Christa Clark

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According to ABCNews.com who on March 3^rd caught up with ASPS members for a perspective  on the trend toward smaller cup sizes for breast implants. The plastic surgeons unamiously agreed that while region and culture hold definite influence, a shift toward a more natural look now seems to be more common amoung women seeking breast augmentation.*

Overall women realize they want their breast to look natural, and they want to be comfortable with them for the rest of their lives. What was that chant from grade school? “Itty Bitty Titty Committee”… something like that.

Dr. Clark

*Reference: ASPS April/May 2015 Plastic Surgery News

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