When should I stop drinking before a tummy tuck and breast lift?

Hi Sexyshev, Thank you for your question. I usually ask my patients stop any smoking and drinking of alcohol about 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after their procedure. I usually ask this as any blood thinners can cause wound healing issues. Please check with your surgeon on how they feel about alcohol before and after surgery to be sure. 

Each Plastic Surgeon has their own view point on this and I would suggest you speak with your plastic surgeon. The reason that it is suggested that you stop or have minimal alcohol leading up to your surgery is that if can effect the metabolism (how fast the drugs last) of the anesthesia and pain medicines afterwards and can cause bleeding problems during surgery. Definitely do not drink and take pain medicines afterwards as it can cause you to stop breathing in certain circumstances.My suggestions to my patients is to have no more than one glass of wine or beer per day 2 weeks before surgery and preferably stop a week prior to surgery, resuming after pain medicines have stopped and you are back to your normal routine.#alcoholbeforesurgery

When I meet with my patients we review an entire preoperative safety protocol including medications and what to stop. I ask them to stop drinking two weeks prior to surgery and sometimes longer.