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Joe Gryskiewicz, Achieving Quicker Recovery After Breast Augmentation, Aesthetic Surgery Journal, Volume 34, Issue 7, September 2014, Pages 1120–1122, https://doi.org/10.1177/1090820X14541122
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Background
What surgeon would allow a breast augmentation (BA) patient to return to normal activity on the first day after surgery? In this article, the author reviews his BA population with respect to postoperative recovery. The goal was to determine whether certain adopted practices would predictably return BA patients to full normal activities within 24 hours of surgery, thus sparing them a slow, painful recovery.
My Experience
The quicker-recovery principles and practices described in this article have been used for 2871 cosmetic BA patients since 2002 and are based on 3 time points (Table 1). These preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative methods were thoroughly discussed with each patient during the initial preoperative consultation.
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Preoperative Consultation
Patient expectations were carefully managed. We reviewed our outcomes data with patients preoperatively so they could be confident about returning to normal daily activities by the morning after surgery. We shared our book of testimonials in which our previous patients described how quickly they recovered; these testimonials included detailed descriptions of household and social activities pursued on the actual evening of the surgery. We also maintain a voluntary referral list of former patients (which includes first name and telephone number) so that new patients can contact them to discuss how quickly their recovery progressed.
