Breast Augmentation - Three Ways to Prepare

If you ask your doctor about ways in which you can prepare for your breast augmentation surgery, you're probably going to get some very specific recommendations such as when you should stop eating or drinking on the day before the procedure. While instructions such as these are vitally important to the success of your operation, they don't cover the entire gamut. While there are more dramatic ways you can change your life than enlarging your chest size, it's a mistake to think that your life isn't going to change at all. You're making a fairly significant change. Here are three ways you can prepare for both the surgery and your new challenges.

Your Clothes

When you're recovering from breast augmentation surgery, you're going to want everything to be as simple as possible. One way you can contribute to your own ease of life is to set out your own wardrobe, just as if you were lying out an assortment of clothing for a child or packing for a vacation. If you have no problems grabbing the first thing out of your closet to put on this may not be a big deal, but if you are the type that needs to spend twenty minutes picking out an outfit to wear to the kitchen, you should definitely think about giving yourself a head start. Another note about clothing: you're probably going to need some new shirts. Most women, however, would advise waiting until after the surgery to go shopping.

Quit Smoking

It would be unusual for your doctor to not bring this up, but in case he doesn't, you should definitely consider putting down the cigarettes at least two weeks before your breast augmentation surgery. Plenty of real world studies have shown that smoking can have numerous ill effects when it comes to both a successful operation and a complication-free recovery. Smoking limits the body's ability to shuttle blood to a wound, which is what you need when you are recovering from an operation. It could slow healing or even cause serious problems. Some surgeons refuse to operate on patients who won't quit smoking.

Start Working Out

This is something you should start thinking about months ahead of your breast augmentation surgery. Obviously, if you're paying for a major change to your body, you should do all you can to make sure it is a body worth modifying. But in practical terms, you're getting ready to add a not-insignificant amount of weight to the front of your upper body. You'll need strong abs and back muscles to prepare for the change. Start early, because you can't develop those muscles in a week or two.