The site of your surgery should be sufficiently healed before you are
fitted for a permanent, weighted prosthesis. Your physician will let you
know when the correct time is. It may be as soon as 4-8 weeks after
surgery, but everyone's healing process is unique. Aside from allowing time
for the surgery site to heal, the effects of radiation treatment may leave
the surgery area too sensitive for the constant minor movements a breast form
in a bra can produce. Waiting for the proper time also allows for post-surgery
swelling to recede, which could hamper a proper breast form fitting as well.
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