Cosmetic Surgery Safe While on Lexapro?

Mere, Lexapro is a commonly prescribed antidepressant, which means that there are many cosmetic surgery patients taking it. Surgery can be safely performed when taking Lexapro. Missing a dose on the day of surgery should not cause any relapse, but check with your prescribing physician for their advice. Good luck!

It is certainly a good question.  I commonly perform surgery on patients that are taking anti-depressant medication.  You have to inform the anesthesiologist of all your medications so that they can adjust their regimen accordingly. It should not be a problem.

Hi! 1)  A fourth of our patients are on Lexapro or other "SSRI" type anti-depressants, and they do fine going through cosmetic surgery. 2)  The real issue is you want to make sure the medication is working.  I would not do cosmetic surgery if a patient was in an actice clinical depression.

This is a very common medication. This should be safe from a plastic surgery point of view. However, you may want to review this with the anesthesiologist who may have different concerns prior to administering medications. They typically will review medical interactions.