What Are 3 Things to Avoid Before Liposuction?

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Latest answer by Lisa L. Sowder, MD
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Tags: diet, drinking, pre-op, restriction

10 answers to What Are 3 Things to Avoid Before Liposuction?

3 Things to Avoid When Considering Liposuction!

1. Avoid a doc who still uses general anesthesia or laser liposuction although there are some that can still do a decent job but why take the risk. 2. Avoid meds or supplements that thin the blood such as aspirin, advil, aleve or vit e etc...for a week.. Let your doc know all your meds and past medical history. 3. Avoid cheap liposuctions. Unfortunately, you get what you pay for. Sincerely, David Hansen,MD

David Hansen, MD
Beverly Hills Dermatologic Surgeon

www.DrDavidHansen.com

Preop

One important item not mentioned for your preop checklist is that you have appropriate expectations. To get your best results you should avoid being overweight. Patients near their goal weight get a better outcome.

Michael Hueneke, MD
Nashville Plastic Surgeon

There are more than three things to avoid before liposuction.

I recommend a complete physical exam and a review of your general health and all medications, herbs and supplements that you are taking. You also need to be a good candidate for the procedure. An experience liposuction surgeon will have a preoperative checklist to make sure that you are safely prepared to have the procedure.

Mark Taylor, MD
Salt Lake City Dermatologic Surgeon

www.gatewaylasercenter.com

Things to avoid prior to liposuction

Your doctor should review with you what you need to avoid before surgery as well as your restrictions postoperatively. Blood thinners that can increase bleeding a bruising should be avoided for around 10 - 14 days prior to surgery and these include both prescription and over the counter meds such as aspirin, ibuprofen, aleve. There are a variety of herbal and nutritional supplements that also should be avoided such as high dose Vit E. (A complete list is too long to cover here.) more

Steven Turkeltaub, MD
Scottsdale Plastic Surgeon

www.turkeltaub.com

Liposuction preop

I would say the best thins to avoid are medications that can cause blood thinnning like Aspirin and NSAID's.

Steven Wallach, MD
Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

3 Things to Avoid Before Liposuction

Before liposuction surgery it is important to avoid aspirin and aspirin products as well as Advil, Motrin, Aleve (all ibuprofen products), alcohol, Vitamin E and Omega Fish Oil (which can interfere with Lidocaine). These are all things that will thin the blood. Your surgeon, pre-operatively should give you a list of medications, supplements, to avoid. All medications you are taking should be disclosed to your surgeon prior to your surgery in order to avoid any unexpected problems. more

David Amron, MD
Beverly Hills Dermatologic Surgeon

Three Things to avoid before Liposuction

1) aspirin. That causes bleeding. You know it can be given at the time of a heart attack for this purpose. Similarly, avoid all similar forms such as ibuprofen and many others. Tylenol or acetaminophen is okay for aches and pains. 2) medicines that may interfere with lidocaine, the fluid that is injected into the fatty areas. The list is long and may not be important for relatively small areas like your tummy or outer thighs. Make sure your physician has the full list of all of your... more

T. Wayne Day, MD
Nashville Dermatologic Surgeon

Preparation for Liposuction Surgery?

Thank you for the question. There will be a whole list of "dos and don'ts” that will be provided to you by your plastic surgeon prior to your surgery ( usually on a preoperative visit). Any “list of 3” that I provide here will be a small subset of what you will be provided. Best wishes.

Tom J. Pousti, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

Avoid this before liposuction

I agree 100% with Dr. Stridde. Do not be fooled by those not certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery (accept no substitue). They often promote local anesthetic only liposuction because they operate under the radar of state or federal regulations of office surgery. A woman in Washington State died of an overdose of local anesthetic about 2 years ago under these very circumstances. Patient beware!

Lisa L. Sowder, MD
Seattle Plastic Surgeon

Things to avoid before Liposuction.

Avoid Dermatlolgic Surgeons (isn't that term an oxymoron) that, incorrectly recommend avoiding general anesthesia for liposuction because it is less safe. There is no data to support that position and general anesthesia performed by a well trained board certified anethesiologist in appropriate patients is very safe, in fact safer than certain other types of sedation used in conjunction with tumescent anesthesia. As an example, a heavily... more