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•Breast augmentation is usually done under general anesthesia or local -sedation anesthesia , its an ambulatory procedure. The surgery takes around two hours and after a prudent recovery time at the hospital you may go home. Patients are seen 24h after the surgery for control.
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•You will be taking medication during the next five days to control pain and to prevent implant infection.
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•You are not allowed to exercise or move your arms freely for around a week to avoid bleeding and hematoma (blood collection at the breast implant pocket).
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•You will be ask to use a special brassiere during one month.
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•You will have periodic appointments with your surgeon, he will personally change all dressings and will be informing you when to exercise, drive and go ahead with normal life.
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•If you are coming from outside Colombia , remember you will first have an appointment to check your health is fine, to assure you do not have a contraindication for surgery , to get done some presurgical tests , to define breast implant type and size , surgical date , anesthesiologist appointment , and surgical fees.