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Surgery
takes approximately 4 hours, general anesthesia as an
outpatient day surgery
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Someone
must drive you home from the hospital or surgery center
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Incisions
and resulting scars go around the areola, down the front and
underneath
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Like
any other scar, the early scars are red to pink and
typically fade with time
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The
nipple may be moved to a higher position on a pedicle or as
a free graft
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Nipples moved with a free nipple graft loose
sensation, pedicles usually do not
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large, long breast usually need a free nipple graft
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Check with your OB/GYN about presurgical mammograms,
particularly if over 40 or have a history of breast disease
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You will wake up in a special bra - bleeding and
bruising are usually minimal
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The dressing changes aren’t difficult but you may
need help for a few days
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Complications are rare and usually not severe- no
different than any other surgery
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Pain medication and antibiotics scripts are called to
your pharmacy in advance
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Some sutures come out in about a week, the rest in
10-14 days
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Soon after surgery patients can tell a difference in
the strain on the shoulders
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Internal scarring will cloud mammograms for awhile
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No breast feeding
