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Can I Return to Work After Surgery?

AnonymousJuly 15, 2026 at 03:18 PM 31

Truman Customer Story Column

Can I Return to Work
After Surgery?

- Daegu Branch -

When consulting with working professionals about gynecomastia, there is one question I hear most often.
"When can I get back to work?" It comes up even before questions about results or pain.

"My biggest worry was whether I could go back to work"

It was the first line of his review.

"I worried about side effects and whether I could go straight back to work, but
I started working the very next day — it was better than I feared, just something like muscle soreness."

I lingered on that line for a long while.
That is because tailoring the recovery period to each patient's job and schedule is something we care about as much as the surgery itself. The reason a return to work is possible from the day after surgery is simple: we minimize the incision and finish with micro-sutures. You will need to wear a compression garment for about a month, but as long as you limit only the larger movements that engage the chest, an ordinary workday poses no problem — and barring anything unusual, you can even shower from the day after surgery. So there is no need to worry too much about returning to work.

"The staff were so kind that my tension melted away"

This is what he wrote about the atmosphere on his first visit.

"Everything felt unfamiliar and I was nervous, but the staff treated me so kindly that the tension eased,
and they explained the surgical process in such detail that I stopped worrying."

When a male patient voices his chest concerns out loud for the first time, what he needs most is not the abstract word 'kindness' but detail in the explanation.
Where and how the incision will be made, what curve the recovery will follow, what state he will be in a week later — placing all of these variables in his hands ahead of time is our job.

"The surgery was over before I even knew I had fallen asleep"

I was so nervous it would hurt, but the surgery was over before I even knew I had fallen asleep.

Many patients say the wait for surgery feels longer than the surgery itself.
Compressing that heavy, imagined ordeal into the actual surgical time, all at once, is exactly what our standardized anesthesia and surgical protocol is for.

"The first thing I want to do after surgery — wear a short-sleeve tee"

The answer written in his review made an impression.

"Wearing a short-sleeve tee without worrying about my chest."

All that time spent passing over the crewnecks and short-sleeve tees in the closet — it means that small piece of everyday life is possible again.
Confidence, in the end, begins with small, ordinary motions like these.

"I think it's best to do it as soon as possible"

This is what he left for others carrying the same concern.

"I think it's best to do it as soon as possible. I hope you can come in without agonizing over it."

It is also medically accurate advice. The younger you are — and the shorter the time your skin has been stretched — the better your skin elasticity, the faster your recovery, and the more cleanly any scar settles.

It's best to do it as soon as possible

It is also medically accurate advice.

The younger you are, and the shorter the time your skin has been stretched,

the better your skin elasticity, the faster your recovery,

and the more cleanly any scar settles.

Trueman will support you with unwavering sincerity and wholehearted care.

- Dr. Chul Moon, Head Director, Trueman Daegu Branch -