I Tend to Bruise Easily, How Will This Effect my Augmentation and Healing After?

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I Tend To Bruise Easily, How Will This Effect My Augmentation and Healing?

Dear Grace, Most women have minimal bruising with breast augmentation, but if you are concerned that you may have a problem it is best to be evaluated prior to surgery. Your family MD is a good place to start, but occasionally a specialist’s evaluation (hematologist) may be valuable. A “bleeding time” test could be considered. It is extremely unlikely but possible that some disease (liver, Leukemia, Lupus) or undiagnosed clotting disorder (Von Willebrand’s) could be causing the... more

Breast augmentation and bruising

Most women have very little bruising following breast augmentation surgery. We provide all our patients a homeopathic remedy containing arnica montana to help with bruising and swelling. The recovery from subpectoral breast augmentation used to be a rather unpleasant experience, but it no longer has to be. A space for the implant must be developed behind the pectoralis major, and a portion of the muscle's inferior origin must be released. Surgery on a muscle in most cases produces... more

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Bruising Easily

If you have no history of easy bleeding or bleeding problems, you should have no trouble with your surgery. If you bleed easily, you should be evaluated by your doctor before surgery. Arnica pills can help to avoid bruises and make them resolve faster. Typically with gentle technique in breast augmentation, there is virtually no bleeding.

Bruising and breast augmentation

Easily bruisability should be evaluated pre-operatively for an operation such as breast augmentation, where post-operative bleeding could possibly occur. Once that is looked into and there is no problem with your clotting factors (von Willibrand's disease occasionally is discovered), then Arnica can be useful to reduce bruising. It is marketed as Bruisegard by the same people who make Scarguard, a common topical scar treatment.

Easy bruising and breast augmentation

Bruising easily typically does not have any affect on breast augmentation surgery. I rarely see any bruising because the surgery can be performed in such a way that almost no bleeding at all is seen during the procedure. That being said, if you had have a more significant issue with bruising (coagulopathy or hemophilia), your surgeon should know about such a condition. It will most likely not prevent you from having surgery, but certain precautions might be considered. more

Easy Bruiser and Breast Augmentation Concerns

If you do not have a history of prolonged bleeding or problems bleeding after previous surgeries, dental procedures, or trauma, your recovery will likely be uneventful. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

I Tend to Bruise Easily

Chances are you will have more than an average amount of bruising after surgery, but no problems with overall healing. Discuss precisely with your surgeon what you mean by "easy bruising." This term can cover anything for what I would call normal to health threatening disorders of blood clotting. Almost all are in the former group. All the best.