Months: The skin goes through a gradual process of healing and remodeling after surgery that lasts months or years. Normally, when there is no infection, a mastopexy "heals" to the point where you can do most of your normal activity in about a month. Some surgeons will have you wait longer to be safe. Your skin type, age, genetics and breast size also affect how you will heal.
Answered 11/27/2017
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Short: Healing is rapid with ability to return to most normal activities after several weeks. Heavy lifting should be avoided for a month. The sacrs mature over time and may take a year or more to mature.
Answered 1/4/2015
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2-3 weeks: Crescent lift? donut lift? cicumvertical lift? anchor lift? This will vary with the extent of the lift and this could involve minimal recovery in the range of 10 days or up to 6 weeks if combined with implants. However it may take upwards up 6 months for the breast results to be stable and the breasts settle.
Answered 8/3/2014
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Healing varies: This is unfortunately an impossible question to answer as there are little breast lifts and major breast lifts and the recovery is going to be very different. Furthermore different people have different pain tolerances and recover at different rates. Good luck!
Answered 7/18/2013
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