You'll have to wear an elastic bandage or a surgical bra after the surgery. Your breasts will be aching, enlarged, and you’ll fell some discomfort for a day or two, but the pain won't be severe. All of these fillings can be calmed with medications prescribed by your surgeon.

After a few days, the bandages or surgical bra will be substituted by a soft support bra. You must wear this bra approximately the clock for three to four weeks. The doctor will remove stitches after a week or two.
You have to apply a moisturizer several times a day if your breast skin is very dry after the surgery. You shouldn’t tug at your skin in the process, and have to keep the moisturizer away from the stitch areas.

You will find out that there are some loss of feeling in your nipples and breast skin. It is caused by the tumor after surgery. These lacks of feeling usually become paler as the enlargement will disappear during the next six weeks or so, but in some patients it may last a year or more, and sometimes it can become permanent.

Returning to Normal Life

Healing is a continuing process. You may be up and about in a day or two, but you shouldn’t plan to return to work for a week or more, depending on how you feel. You must avoid lifting anything over your head for three to four weeks. When you noticed any strange symptoms, you have no to hesitate and call your surgeon.

He can give you complete instructions about continuing your regular activities. You will be instructed to avoid sex for a week or more, and to avoid laborious sports for about a month. After some time passed, he will permit you to start again these activities slowly. When you become pregnant, the operation will not influence your ability to breast-feed, because your milk channels and nipples were unharmed.

Your New Look

Your surgeon will do everything possible to make your scars such unnoticeable as possible. But it's very important for you to remember that mastopexy scars are wide and constant. They can stay knobby and red for some months, but then step by step your scars will become less noticeable. Sometimes scars can fade to thin white lines. Luckily for you that the scars are as a rule placed so that you can wear even low-cut tops.

You must also remember that your breasts, after the surgery, will be in such form forever. Don’t forget about such effects as: gravity, pregnancy, aging, and weight variations which will finally take their toll again. But if you have implants along with the breast lift surgery you can find the results last longer.

You can be more satisfied with your breast lift if you understand the whole peculiarities of the procedure and if your hopes are logical.