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Levantamiento de mamas - Recovery

Nombres alternativos

Mastopexia; Levantamiento de senos con reducción; Levantamiento de senos con aumento

Después del procedimiento:

Después de que le practiquen un levantamiento de mamas, usted tendrá un apósito (vendaje) de gasa voluminoso envuelto alrededor de las mamas y el tórax o podría usar un sostén o brasier quirúrgico. Se pueden dejar tubos de drenaje pegados a las mamas y se retirarán al cabo de tres días.

Programe una cita de control con el médico. El médico necesitará revisar su cicatrización, retirar las suturas (puntos de sutura) y hablar con usted respecto a ejercicios especiales o técnicas de masaje.

Pronóstico:

Es probable que usted tenga un resultado muy bueno de la cirugía de mamas y se puede sentir mejor respecto a su apariencia y a sí misma. Posiblemente necesite el uso un brasier de soporte especial durante unos meses para remodelar las mamas.

Las cicatrices son permanentes y con frecuencia siguen siendo muy visibles durante un año después de la cirugía. Después del año, se desvanecen un poco. El cirujano tratará de hacer los cortes de manera que las cicatrices no queden a la vista. Las cicatrices generalmente no serán notorias, incluso en ropa con escote profundo. Los cortes quirúrgicos normalmente se hacen en la parte inferior de la mama.

El envejecimiento normal, el embarazo y los cambios en el peso pueden provocar que las mamas caigan de nuevo.

  • Reviewed last on: 1/26/2011
  • Shabir Bhimji, MD, PhD, Specializing in General Surgery, Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Midland, TX. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Burns JL, Blackwell SJ. Plastic surgery. In: Townsend CM, Beauchamp RD, Evers BM, Mattox KL, eds. Sabiston Textbook of Surgery. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2008:chap 73.

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