How long it takes to go to work after breast surgery mainly depends on the patient’s post-operative recovery, and the post-operative recovery time varies from one breast surgery patient to another. Minimally invasive breast surgery or benign tumor excision is less traumatic, patients usually can basically return to normal 1-2 weeks after surgery, that is, they can start working. However, as the incision of breast cancer surgery is larger, the patient’s wound recovery is slower, and most of them need a longer period of systemic treatment, and they can only go to work normally after about half a year. In addition, if the patient develops infection after surgery, or is accompanied by other underlying physical diseases, the recovery time will be relatively longer and the time to start working will be delayed. It is recommended that after recovery from breast surgery, patients should first engage in non-heavy work, and it is best to delay heavy work for a relatively longer period of time or consult their treating doctors at the hospital.