A: Following surgery you will have physical restrictions on your activities for several days to several weeks depending the surgery. Business and social activities need to be curtailed to give your body sufficient time for healing. For more involved surgeries such as facelift, abdominoplasty, and breast reduction you will need to be off of work for 2-3 weeks. Breast augmentation varies between several days and 2 weeks. We will discuss with you in detail specific work and exercise restrictions.