They took about 2-3 week to start to soften, then about 6 week until they were completely soft! I was 100% back to health after about a week and a half Just rest and stay warm, i just surfed the internet for 2 days and watched tv Nope take a look at my pictures i was ded small to start off with but with unders they grow bigger as the muscle start to relax over the implant if you look through my pictures you can see them gettin bigger xxx