{"id":342,"date":"2018-12-13T14:40:39","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T12:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/?p=342"},"modified":"2026-03-21T12:38:49","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T10:38:49","slug":"breast-implants-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/archives\/342\/breast-implants-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"Breast implants recovery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/dr-kitsios-implants.jpg\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-343 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/dr-kitsios-implants.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/dr-kitsios-implants.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/dr-kitsios-implants-300x235.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">A very frequent question is &#8220;how much time does it take to recover after breast implants surgery?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It is very relevant actually. It takes 2 weeks for the wound to heal. The pain and the return to any activities depends on the position of the implants.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">When they are placed under the pectoralis muscle( dual plane in my patients) it takes more time than above the muscle (subfascial plane for my patients). Usually you need 4-7 days to return to your activities in the first case and less than 4 days in the second.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">To return to the gym you need 2 months for under the muscle implants and 1 month for those above.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Of course all of this is relative and may vary between patients.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.realself.com\/breast-augmentation\/answers\/quick-recovery\">https:\/\/www.realself.com\/breast-augmentation\/answers\/quick-recovery<\/a><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"st\">Dr Kitsios Christos<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"st\">Plastic, reconstructive, aesthetic surgery \/ microsurgery. Consults and operates at Apollonion Private Hospital, Nicosia Cyprus<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-dr-christos-kitsios wp-block-embed-dr-christos-kitsios\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"7SiJ96ufD5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/archives\/691\/some-like-them-even-bigger390cc\/\">Breast Lift with Implants Only: Can Implants Lift the Breast?\u00a0<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Breast Lift with Implants Only: Can Implants Lift the Breast?\u00a0&#8221; &#8212; Dr. Christos Kitsios\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/archives\/691\/some-like-them-even-bigger390cc\/embed\/#?secret=TjwwbORcJ4#?secret=7SiJ96ufD5\" data-secret=\"7SiJ96ufD5\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-dr-christos-kitsios wp-block-embed-dr-christos-kitsios\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Gg9bajb6xx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/archives\/471\/breast-asymmetry-by-dr-kitsios-c\/\">Tuberous Asymmetric Breasts: Causes, Diagnosis &amp; Advanced Correction<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Tuberous Asymmetric Breasts: Causes, Diagnosis &amp; Advanced Correction&#8221; &#8212; Dr. Christos Kitsios\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/archives\/471\/breast-asymmetry-by-dr-kitsios-c\/embed\/#?secret=XYuhPiFWNt#?secret=Gg9bajb6xx\" data-secret=\"Gg9bajb6xx\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-dr-christos-kitsios wp-block-embed-dr-christos-kitsios\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"qq2iMBlt5D\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/archives\/398\/mastopexy\/\">Mastopexy Without Implants: Natural Breast Lift Without Added Volume<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; visibility: hidden;\" title=\"&#8220;Mastopexy Without Implants: Natural Breast Lift Without Added Volume&#8221; &#8212; Dr. Christos Kitsios\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/archives\/398\/mastopexy\/embed\/#?secret=SIt81uOXct#?secret=qq2iMBlt5D\" data-secret=\"qq2iMBlt5D\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A very frequent question is &#8220;how much time does it take to recover after breast implants surgery?&#8221; It is very relevant actually. It takes 2 weeks for the wound to heal. The pain and the return to any activities depends on the position of the implants. When they are placed under the pectoralis muscle( dual [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"Duration of recovery after breast implants by Dr Kitsios C.","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[18,11,10,8,7,17],"class_list":["post-342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faqs","tag-apollonion","tag-breast-augmentation","tag-breast-implants","tag-cyprus-plastic-surgery","tag-dr-kitsios","tag-plastic-surgery-nicosia","clearfix","post-index"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":876,"href":"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions\/876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drkitsioschristos.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}