Important Precautionary Notes Regarding Cosmetic Surgery

Cosmetic surgery has been a common procedure for some time, with much improvements through the years. Today's techniques have brought even better results.

However, you have to be realistic about your health condition and about the surgical procedure you want to have. Any surgery has its limitation and you have to be certain of what cosmetic surgery can and cannot do for you and also be honest about your health history by giving your surgeon the information needed before surgery takes place. Be sure that this is your decision and that this is the right time for you.

It can be that some patients, may find that the final results was not the expected one. Cosmetic surgery is very safe and reliable and most of patients have seen significant improvements but not perfection. A number of factors such as the age of the patient, quality of the skin, the amount of fat in the face and neck for instance, they are real factors that surgeons have to face during surgery.

Once you have decided you are going to have surgery we will need to know in depth about your past and present medical condition: whether you are allergic to medication, latex etc. We need to know if previous surgery has taken place and so fourth. You will be asked to complete our questionnaire which will be forward, in complete confidence, to our doctors. As with any surgery health tests and check-ups are required prior to the procedures.

It is essential that you fully answer all the questions and follow the guidelines as they are of prime importance before and after any surgical procedure takes place.

• If you smoke you will need to stop as soon as possible as it presents risk of breathing and heart problems
• Multivitamin prior to the surgery is recommend in order to help your body feel even healthier at the time of the surgery .*
• Vitamin C is also recommended for its healing properties; *
• No dietary supplements is advised at least 10 days prior and after the surgery as some of them can cause prolonged bleeding and can also interfere with anaesthesia;
• Medications which contains aspirin and ibuprofen have proved to cause excessive bleeding therefore not recommend at least 10 days before and after the surgery;
• Patients with arthritis or patients taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs are also susceptible to excessive bleed. It must be avoided 10 days before the surgery.

* Please let us know, any how, if you are taking any of these vitamins.

If you have any concern regarding any of the procedure you want have please consult your surgeon first.

There are common after surgery Risks that a patient may encounter:

• Infection – If that occurs you will be prescribed with antibiotics which will solve the problem within days.
• Bleeding and hematomas or swelling – In most of the cases it goes away by itself but it requires an extra week or two before the extra swelling goes away;
• Bruising – It normally settles within 2/3 weeks although in more complicated cases it can take over a month.
• Surgical scarring – In few cases these scars may occur but will disappear over a period of time;
• Numbness and altered sensation – The areas around the incision may feel these symptoms, this will go away after few months;
• Sore throat – It follows in some cases, when breathing through the breathing tube during anaesthesia.