Over 40 and on Birth Control Pills; a Risk for Blood Clots?

Excellent question since safety should be your first priority when deciding on what plastic surgery procedure to have and who should perform it. Most patients having general anesthesia and operations longer than 1 or 2 hours probably form some blood clots in their veins from pooled static blood but the majority of these are clinically insignificant. The problem is when the clots become large, dislodge and travel to the lungs where they can be fatal. The risk for this happening is higher for... more