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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.
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