What are the dietary concerns after breast augmentation surgery? What and how to eat after surgery is very important for post-operative recovery. A balanced nutritional intake is an important guarantee for the body’s recovery. Eat foods rich in nutrients and easy to digest and absorb: milk, chicken, eggs, lean pork, fish, tofu, etc. Foods rich in vitamins: carrots, spinach, cabbage, apples, oranges, kiwi, etc. Foods rich in dietary fiber: corn, celery, lotus root, banana, etc. Avoid hot pot, barbecue, fried food, chili, ginger, garlic, onion, pepper and other spicy foods. Eat less allergy-prone foods, such as seafood and mushrooms. Prohibit smoking and drinking alcohol. In the case of breast surgery, which is common in cosmetic surgery, there is usually bleeding or tissue leakage during the procedure, so anemia and hypoproteinemia are likely to occur. The young girls who love beauty should not pursue a slim body shape and carry out some inappropriate dieting after surgery, excessive dieting is likely to cause nutritional deficiencies and decreased resistance, resulting in a prolonged recovery period. There is a folk saying that eating soy sauce after surgery will increase the risk of scarring and pigmentation. In fact, this is a misconception, and there is no clear medical evidence that soy sauce is necessarily related to scarring and hyperpigmentation. How soon can I take a shower and start working out after breast augmentation surgery? Various factors related to the method of breast augmentation surgery, the time needed for recovery, and post-operative care methods may affect individual recovery. Therefore, the exact time to live, play and start exercising after surgery varies. Before the stitches are removed, you may rub yourself properly, but remember to avoid contaminating the wound with sewage. One to two days after the stitches are removed, hot baths and hot tubs may be taken. There are differences in individual preferences in the way of exercise, so the time when you can start exercising is also different, depending on the recovery situation of each individual. Breast implants: Within 1 week after breast implant surgery, it is not recommended to do strenuous breast expansion, heavy lifting, and upper arm lifting. Because it takes a long time to fix the position of the implant after surgery, it is best to exercise after 1 month. If strenuous exercise is needed, it is better to wait for 3 months. For a few patients, if the recovery is slow, the time to start exercising can be delayed. Breast augmentation with autologous fat injection: It usually takes 7 days to remove the stitches after breast augmentation, and patients are advised to wear a shaped bra after the stitches are removed. Do I need massage after breast augmentation? How to perform massage? After breast augmentation surgery, many women are asked by their doctors to massage their breasts properly. Then how exactly should massage be performed? When should I massage? It is usually better to start massage as early as possible after stitches are removed, and the power of massage increases gradually from light to heavy. There may be some pain when doing local massage in the early postoperative period, but don’t give up the massage because of the pain. Breast massage is not simply pushing the breast, but squeezing the breast in the direction of the body, holding the same side of the breast together with both hands, pushing and squeezing the prosthesis from the outside to the inside, or holding the opposite side of the breast together with both hands in turn, pushing and squeezing the prosthesis from the outside to the inside. In order to avoid postoperative contracture of the surrounding peri-implant and hardening of the implant, the massage intensity and time can be gradually increased as time goes by. One month after surgery, you can do chest expansion, arm lift exercise, and consciously do more chest activities such as deep breathing. Within 6 months after surgery, breast massage can help to maintain the softness of the breast by stretching and relaxing the fibrobladder. If the massage is painful, seek the guidance of a medical professional. Do patients need to wear breast braces after breast implant surgery? How long after surgery can I wear a bra with a steel ring? Breast augmentation surgery requires the placement of implants into the human body. Three types of surgical incisions are generally used: axillary incision, areolar incision, and inframammary fold incision. In order to avoid the displacement of the implant, the surgeon will fix the implant with a bandage or breast support after the breast augmentation surgery. After the first month of surgery, you should follow the doctor’s instruction to wear breast brace (breast compression belt) to fix and shape your breasts, and then you can wear lingerie without steel ring or sports underwear to help shape your breasts. Within six months of breast augmentation, try not to wear a bra with a steel ring, because during the time when breast augmentation is just done, women’s breasts will be very tight and relatively firm, so basically there is no need to wear a bra. If you feel that not wearing a bra will make your nipples look obvious, you can use silicone breast patches to protect your privacy. Some patients need to use bandages to fix the position of their breasts in order to avoid the displacement of the fat, and they can wear a sports bra with appropriate elasticity. However, in the early stage, you should avoid squeezing your breasts and wearing tight corsets to avoid excessive fat absorption caused by compression of the breasts, which may affect the surgical results.