15 Daily Tasks Made Difficult After Breast Augmentation

Patients often ask about breast augmentation recovery especially when it comes to day-to-day tasks. How long will I need a babysitter? When can I go back to work after breast augmentation?

There are several things that we do on a daily basis that involve the use of our chest muscles. We use our chest muscles for things that never even occur to us until after having breast augmentation surgery. For the first two weeks after breast augmentation, you'll want to be careful doing the following:

Opening sliding glass doors Opening childproof medicine bottles Opening drink bottles (twist-off caps) Lifting anything heavy (even a gallon a gallon of milk) Opening car doors Shutting car doors Changing gears in a car with a standard transmission Driving (turning the steering wheel) Picking up your child/children Putting your child in a car seat Getting out of a recliner (may be impossible without help) Washing your hair Styling your hair Putting shirts/sweaters on over your head Bending over forward

Bending over, raising your arms to wash your hair, style your hair, and putting shirts on over your head stretches the chest muscles. Everything else on the list causes your chest muscles to flex. While it may not be impossible to do everything on this list, it will cause you discomfort.

Reference: http://www.simplybreastimplants.com/breast_augmentation/surgery_recovery.html