Breast Augmentation: Your Surgical Experience
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The goal of your plastic surgeon and the entire staff is to make your
surgical experience as easy and comfortable for you as possible.
How should I prepare for surgery?
In some instances, your plastic surgeon may recommend a baseline mammogram
before surgery and another mammographic examination some months after surgery.
This will help to detect any future changes in your breast tissue. Following
breast augmentation, you will still be able to perform breast self-examination.
If you are a smoker, you will be asked to stop smoking well in advance of
surgery. Aspirin and certain anti-inflammatory drugs can cause increased
bleeding, so you should avoid taking these medications for a period of time
before surgery. Your surgeon will provide you with additional preoperative
instructions.
Breast augmentation is usually performed on an outpatient basis. If this is
the case, be sure to arrange for someone to drive you home after surgery and to
stay with you at least the first night following surgery.
What will the day of surgery be like?
Your breast augmentation surgery may be performed in a hospital,
free-standing ambulatory facility or office-based surgical suite.
Medications are administered for your comfort during the surgical procedure.
Frequently, local anesthesia and intravenous sedation are used for patients
undergoing breast augmentation, although general anesthesia may be desirable in
some instances.
When surgery is completed, you will be taken into a recovery area where you
will continue to be closely monitored. Your breasts will be wrapped in gauze
dressings or a surgical bra.
You may be permitted to go home after a few hours, unless you and your
plastic surgeon have determined that you will stay in the hospital or surgical
facility overnight.
The 2200-member American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS) is the
only plastic surgery organization devoted entirely to the advancement of
cosmetic surgery. ASAPS is recognized throughout the world as the authoritative
source for cosmetic surgery education. U.S. members are certified by the
American Board of Plastic Surgery. Canadian members are certified in plastic
surgery by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. Toll-free
referral line: 888.ASAPS.11 (272.7711). Web site: www.surgery.org
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