Swelling please help me.

[nikkinms]

I've been laying in bed all day and I was icing and the swelling was going down and then I took an icing break and next thing I know they are back up right under my chin practically is there something wrong??? I am really nervous and my surgery was on Thursday morning 11/20 and I got 800cc salin partial unders in each. All feedback would be appreciated. Thank you

[esax76]

Mine are very high and swollen as well and I had 450cc's. Since you had 800, the swelling is probably pretty normal.

[NurseCindy]

I got 800's also and I will tell you what my PS said to me. He said "those are some big 'uns" and to expect lots of tightness and swelling. For me the tight feelling resolved around week 3 and the swelling resolved at the end of week 4, just like my PS expected. I iced some and I drank lots of fluids, especially Pineapple juice. HTH

[CTM7]

I will tell you, the more you ice - the faster your recovery will be!! I literally had ice on almost every minute I could: on my lunch hour at work, hanging at my house after work, and even sleeping in the beginning. I'm sure that since you are basically just out of surgery, if you keep icing (no matter how much it stings, it only lasts a minute!) you will feel a world better.

Also, you can check out **********.com for cool icing bras, and other cool things to help make you more comfortable. HTH

[CTM7]

whoops.....I guess you can't type in specific websites... sorryyyy

[imklo928]

Originally Posted by nikkinms

I've been laying in bed all day and I was icing and the swelling was going down and then I took an icing break and next thing I know they are back up right under my chin practically is there something wrong??? I am really nervous and my surgery was on Thursday morning 11/20 and I got 800cc salin partial unders in each. All feedback would be appreciated. Thank you

Check into actipatch. (I am not Dr. Eppley...but I found this on the web)

Contemporary recovery after breast augmentation is designed to be short with minimal disruption of one’s lifestyle. Anti-inflammatory medications and early physical therapy of the arms (the attachments of the pectoralis muscle) are the mainstays of an aggressive recovery program after the placement of breast implants. Gone are the need for bulky dressings and restrictions on physical activity after surgery which had been the hallmarks of breast imoplant surgery in the past. The less pain a patient has, the more physical therapy they can do to further expedite their return to normal activities of daily living. In an effort to control pain after breast augmentation, I often employ pulsed electromagnetic therapy using ActiPatch topical patches devices. To determine whether this was actually beneficial or just a psychotherapeutic concept, a prospective clinical study of breast augmentation patients was done.



A prospective clinical study of fourty-eight (48) women undergoing breast augmentation was conducted from November 2007 to November 2008. Women underwent breast augmentation with either saline or silicone breast implants through a transaxillary (saline) or inframammary (silicone) incision. Patients were aware that they would receive Actipatch therapy as part of their postoperative protocol. At the completion of surgery, Actipatch devices (crescent-shaped) were placed over the medial and superior aspect of the breasts (over the pectoralis muscle) and taped into position inside their surgical bra. For the first twenty patients, the device was activated (activating tab pulled) on the left breast and on the opposite right breast the device was not activated. (activating tab was trimmed but not pulled) The patients were not informed which devices were which. In the next twenty-eight patients, the device locations were reversed. Patients were instructed to wear the devices for the first seventy-two hours after surgery after which they were to be discarded. Patients were given a sheet to complete at the time of discontinuing their ActiPatch therapy so that they could rate their postoperative pain on a simple scale (1 - 10) and, most importantly, compare and rate the pain between the two breasts at that time period.



In the first twenty patients, fourteen rated the active device breast as less uncomfortable than the control patch side. In the next twenty-eight patients, twenty-one rated the active side less painful. In total, thirty-five patients (73%) reported less pain and uncomfortability on the breast that received pulsed electromagnetic therapy than on the control side.



Pulsed electromagnetic therapy has been around for a long time and its potential benefits are based on creating an anti-inflammatory effect. Actipatch provides a simple, low-cost method of delivery of this potential healing technology. In this breast augmentation study, Actipatch demonstrated less pain within the first few days after surgery. Given its ease of use and lack of any potential for creating any adverse problems, its use as part of a breast augmentation recovery protocol appears to have offer patients some real benefits.



While all pain studies are flawed, and this one is no exception, it certainly suggests that pulsed electromagnetic therapy (PEMT)should be further explored. A change in the design of the device so that it ‘fits’ the breast better may be even more useful. A large round loop that would fit around the circumference of the breast is more likely to deliver the effects of PEMT to the breast ina more even distribution although I could argue that the pain after breast augmentation is muscular rather than ‘breast’ in origin.



Dr. Barry Eppley

[bebby]

Like Nurse cindy answered!
That swelling will take some time , and you are only a couple of days post "big implants!"
keep icing and hoping that it gets better soon for you!
On the happier side -
"WOW"
aint you gonna look Hot!
Take care...bebby

Originally Posted by nikkinms

I've been laying in bed all day and I was icing and the swelling was going down and then I took an icing break and next thing I know they are back up right under my chin practically is there something wrong??? I am really nervous and my surgery was on Thursday morning 11/20 and I got 800cc salin partial unders in each. All feedback would be appreciated. Thank you