Why is it so hard to believe there is a better way to have breast augmentation?

I popped onto an implant forum this morning and saw another post about all the pain and restrictions after breast augmentation surgery.  The post was titled 7 Hours Post op…  "Hi Everybody. Well, I made it through and it hasn't been too bad!! I'm a little loopy on the Percocet but not much pain. The hard thing is to remember not to reach up, around, etc right now - don't want to do anything to undo all of this!"



This just floors me!  At 7 hours post op a 24 Hour Recovery patient has already eaten, showered, done her hair and makeup and is out and shopping and going to dinner taking nothing but Motrin!!  Better, more precise surgical procedures eliminate the need for pain killers and restricted movement.  Dr. Tebbetts developed these methods and  published and scientifically proved them so other surgeons could offer this better experience to their patients too.



24 Hour Recovery is a reality and not only does it limit pain and down time, but in the end, patients who resume normal activity and movement immediately also see lower risk of capsular contracture!



Ladies, there is no need to endure pain and drains and straps and ace wraps and pain pills and pain pumps and weeks of down time and higher reoperation risks!!  But you have to search out the new ways – you have to ask for 24 Hour Recovery – if you ask for it, then more ps’s will be motivated to change their ways.  Right now as it stands, going through a standard breast augmentation is like going through natural childbirth!  It hurts like hell but you still love your kids in the end.  BA hurts like hell but you still love your implants in the end (but with a higher risk of revision and reop)!



It doesn’t have to be that way but you – patients – have to demand the better, surgical procedure or it will never change.  As long as yall are willing to put up with the pain and the Percocet, plastic surgeons are not going to change – they have no reason to because yall will keep going and keep paying them to do it just as it was done and has always been done for 30 years!



Choosing to have breast implants is something we want to do for ourselves – it is a luxury.  If you are going to choose to indulge in a luxury, don’t you want the absolute best you can for yourself?  Demand state of the art from your surgeons – if they hear it enough, you guys can change the way BA is done for the better.  As Jerry McGuire said in the move, "Help me..Help you!"  You are the patient, the one changing your body for life – you deserve the BEST!