According to the procedure and individual situations, the recovery time could be longer or shorter. In general you will need assistance or couple of days, but after that you should be able to take care about yourself.

Here you can find an average for some common procedures in Plastic Surgery, however, this doen't include time to go back to excercise.  You can find more information about these and other procedures in other sections of our site, such as "At a Glance" and "Procedures".

Usually all patients are encouraged to start slow walking on the second day after surgery.  Exercise and more strong activities are not recommended before 2 weeks, although weight lifting and contact sports are usually not allowed untill 1 month after the procedure.

There are couple of questions that can help you a lot in different moments while deciding to have a Plastic Surgery procedure, here are some of the ones that you shouldn't forget to ask when you talk with your surgeon.

An increasing number of plastic surgery procedures are being performed on an ambulatory, or same day basis. This means you will arrive and leave the facility in which the surgery is being performed on the same day as the operation.

An ambulatory facility can be a part of a surgeon's office; a surgical suite adjacent to the office; a separate or free-standing surgical facility; or it can be part of a hospital. Any facility in which you have surgery as an outpatient is an ambulatory facility.

If you are considering plastic surgery at an ambulatory facility, this infomation, prepared by the American Society of Plastic Surgery, will give you a basic understanding of what to look for in a facility, how to find out if the facility is accredited and why accreditation is important. It can't answer all of your questions and it doesn't apply to every country, so we encourage you to please ask your doctor about anything you don't understand.

This information, prepared by the American Society of Plastic Surgery, is intended to assist those who have general questions about plastic surgery. It includes information about how plastic surgery fits into medical care, how plastic surgeons are trained, and the types of cases that plastic surgeons commonly treat. 

Remember, each case is unique and a great deal depends upon the patient's individual circumstances. Specific questions about surgery can be best answered in a consultation with a certified plastic surgeon.