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How to do self-care after breast augmentation surgery
After plastic surgery, it takes a process to completely restore the plastic surgery site. In order to shorten this process, going home after plastic surgery requires correct and effective self-care. Here is how to take care of yourself after eye plastic surgery, rhinoplasty, breast augmentation surgery and facial plastic surgery. Self-care after rhinoplasty If you have rhinoplasty surgery, you can apply 1-2 layers of gauze on your nose and stick an ice pack to prevent bleeding and reduce edema. In order to promote the absorption of blood stasis, hot compress can be done one week after operation. It is forbidden to massage the nose and wear glasses for one month to prevent the prosthesis from shifting. Self-care of Chen Rongrong, a burn plastic surgeon in tung wah hospital. If you have breast augmentation surgery, don't do drastic breast augmentation, don't lift heavy objects, and don't lift your upper arm within one week after surgery. You can do breast massage after removing stitches, and gradually increase the massage intensity as the incision heals. Early local massage after operation may cause some pain. Don't give up massage because of pain. One month after operation, you can do chest expansion, arm lifting, conscious deep breathing and other chest activities. Local massage and chest expansion should be carried out for more than half a year. The above measures can effectively reduce fibrous capsule contracture, prevent breast sclerosis, and maintain a good breast feel. In addition, some drugs to reduce scar hyperplasia can be applied to the incision to minimize the scar of the incision. Self-care after facial rhytidectomy If you have received facial rhytidectomy, besides some treatments to reduce scar hyperplasia, you can also use the rest and watching TV to do facial massage, thus reducing edema and restoring natural facial expressions. The method is: put your hands flat on your face, gently push back and forth, and repeat. Do 10- 15 minutes at a time, or tap your face gently with your fingers from bottom to top. After the wound is healed, you can wash your face with hot and humid water and apply hot compress with a wet towel to promote the disappearance of congestion and hard objects. If you lose your hair, you can gently wipe it with ginger slices for more than 1 month, and the effect will be better. Self-care after eye plastic surgery, such as various methods of double eyelid surgery and pouch removal, in order to prevent postoperative bleeding, congestion and excessive swelling, after the doctor completes the operation and partially covers the dressing, the patient can press the upper and lower eyelids with the palm root. The intensity should be moderate. If you don't press hard for fear of pain, you can't stop bleeding. If the force is too large, it will cause chest tightness, nausea and other symptoms due to pressing the eyeball. The local compression time after operation should be longer than 15 minutes. It is feasible to apply ice after returning home, which can stop bleeding and reduce swelling. No matter what kind of double eyelid surgery and pouch removal methods are used, they all belong to the category of surgery, and there will be different degrees of pain when you open your eyes and close your eyes after operation. Don't be afraid to open your eyes because of pain after operation. Lying in bed with your eyes closed is not conducive to the formation of double eyelids and the disappearance of swelling. So one hour after operation, you can open your eyes and close your eyes, watch TV or do other things, or work as usual. If you find that the folds of double eyelids are two or more layers, which is the so-called "triple eyelid", you can lift the skin of the upper eyelid with a clean thumb and forefinger, let your eyes look up and pull the skin of the eyelid down. Repeat the pulling action, and most of the extra wrinkles will disappear. If the wrinkles can't disappear after a period of time, you should find a doctor in time to find out the reason. People who do blepharoplasty can often look up, accelerate local recovery and the disappearance of mild ectropion. Eyelid is loose tissue, and it takes more than 3-6 months to recover completely after operation. Local wet and hot compress can be done after stitches are removed to promote early recovery. Scar softening cream and scar equality. It can be attached to the incision at night and at rest to prevent scar hyperplasia and shorten the time of scar regression.