When you feel good about your appearance, that confidence touches every part of your life. At Mountain West Plastic Surgery in Kalispell, you can trust your face and body to board-certified plastic surgeons Dr. Michelle Spring and Dr. Michael Hromadka. Posted on April 24, Michelle Spring. Nearly , women in the United States have breast augmentation surgery each year, and it has been the top plastic surgery procedure since Even though the procedure is so popular, many women have questions about the post-op process, especially when it comes to whether to massage breast implants to improve healing.
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The intent of breast implant massage is to reduce the risk of capsular contracture. However, there is no clear-cut answer to the question of whether or not you need to massage your implants after breast augmentation.
Ask 10 plastic surgeons what they recommend, and you will likely get 10 slightly different answers! This is probably because there is just no clear evidence that implant massage works to decrease the risk of capsular contracture, and too much massage early on may increase the risk of bleeding or hematoma.
Capsular contracture occurs when the scar tissue that normally forms around an implant tightens and puts pressure on the implant. In , researchers examined all studies about post-surgical implant massage and implant displacement from to The researchers concluded there was little evidence to support the effectiveness of breast implant massage to prevent capsular contracture.
