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Some plastic surgeons think you should perform implant massage (compressions) or pocket quadrant exercises some do not. If you do not know what quadrant exercises are, they are the act of displacing the implant to the outer most corners of the pocket. Say, up, down and side to side. You are told to perform these movements and hold your implant in this position for a few seconds.  If your surgeon  believes in massage he or she should show you how to perform these exercises. You usually start about a week post-op but some patients are instructed to massage within a few hours of surgery. If this seems too early and it causes you much pain, please notify your surgeon and ask his further instructions. Sometimes surgeons will instruct you to massage your breasts several times a day until about 3 weeks post-op. Then after 21 days, you usually begin massaging them only once a day, - for the rest of your life. The purpose of quadrant massage is to keep the pocket roomy and the scar capsule that naturally forms around any foreign body,  loose and elastic. 

Some surgeons also tell you to do Compression Exercises as well. You should ask your surgeon about actually squeezing the implant with medium pressure to keep the naturally occurring capsule flexible and loose. I am only providing you with the information not insisting or suggesting that you do such, please abide by your particular surgeon's wishes.