Breast Augmentation Recovery-Breast Augmentation in Athletes

Breast augmentation is common in female athletes who perform high volumes of cardiovascular exercise such as running, swimming, biking, etc. It is also common to see atrophy of the breast with competitive bodybuilders who are consistently lean for competitions. It is quite common for these women to come into our office and say, "Dr. D. I want to be able to return to my previous cup-volume.....or......Dr. D. I just want to be able to wear a strapless dress again."

The next question to follow is......."How soon can I return to working out after my breast augmentation?"

This is the simple 4 week rule.

Week 1: Walking is O.K.

Week 2: OK to return to the gym. Low impact cardio is fine such as exercise bike. Isolated arm exercises are O.K.

Week 3: OK to return to running. Patients should wear two support bras while running.

Week 4: Unrestricted gym activity is OK. Pilates and Yoga OK at week 4 as well.

Tuberous Breast Surgery. Breast Augmentation

Breast augmentation can be a very effective tool to correc the tuberous breast deformity. Tuberous breasts are not simply underdeveloped breasts. Tuberous breast characteristics iclude a widened, enlarged, puffy areola unusually wide spacing between the breasts, minimal breast tissue, higher than normal breast fold, and narrow base at the chest wall.

Correction of the tuberous breast often involve placement of a breast implant, lowering of the inframmary fold, and often scorring of the breast parenchyma below the areola.

The photo above demonstrates an approximately six month follow-up for surgery for tuberous breasts.

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