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Will I need to have a blood test done as part of evaluation to help determine if I'm a good fit for a facelift operation?
asked 8 months ago by anon
Latest answer by Kris M. Reddy, MD, FACS
Question viewed 459 times
Tags: face, blood test, candidate, consultation, exam, health, plan, pre-op, surgeon
What other things will be done in a consulation? What Criteria Will a Doctor Use to Evaluate if I'm a Candidate for a Facelift?
27 answers to Will I need to have a blood test done as part of evaluation to help determine if I'm a good fit for a facelift operation?
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Blood tests and other criteria for a face lift.
Blood tests and other criteria for a face lift are different for each surgeon, Blood tests, etc. are only for your general health. Facelift, etc. criteria include sagging skin, excess fat, sagging muscle, falling brows, etc. See an experienced facelift surgeon for the best results.
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Blood test/ good fit for a facelift
Blood tests will be done, possibly with an EKG to see if you are in good health for a facelift and anesthesia. Whether you are a good fit for a facelift is determined by a plastic surgeon and depends on if a facelift will address the problems that you are concerned with.
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Tests to determine if you are a candidae for a Facelift
Each surgeon has a different set of criteria to determine if a patient is a candidate for surgery. A CBC is a minimum and a medical clearance including an EKG is appropriate depending on the history of the patient and the expected surgical approach.
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Blood test before facelift operation
As long as you are in good health, don’t smoke, don’t have high blood pressure, kidney or liver disease, diabetes, or a heart condition, then blood tests are not likely to provide any useful information. If in doubt check with your primary care provider.
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Criteria for Facelift
Generally speaking, the most important criteria for consideration of a facelift is whether the individual is active and healthy and what medication regime the patient is on. Blood tests are helpful tools usually as establishing a baseline for electrolytes, serum glucose, renal function, and hemoglobin levels. Likewise, a preoperative EKG will act more as a starting baseline than as exclusionary criteria in an active healthy adult. Most patients who seek Facelift surgery are...
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Facelift - Will I need to have a blood test done as part of evaluation to help determine if I'm a good fit for a facelift operat
Yes, maybe and no! Blood tests are often done prior to a facelift, but it's not so much as part of the evaluation as to make sure that your overall health will allow you to undergo the surgical procedure you'll be having. The decision on whether or not you're a good fit incorporates whether or not you're "fit" enough, but it's not the same thing. Selecting the right procedure is a question of anatomy (which procedures will "work" on...
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Blood Tests and Facelifts
Most patients undergoing a facelift are over forty or fifty years old. In my practice, I request routine blood work (including a CBC and BMP), a chest x-ray, and EKG for ALL patients over forty years old who will be having elective surgery. This workup does not establish suitability for a specific procedure, but rather confirms a general good health.
Jaime Perez, M.D.
Facelift Specialist in Tampa, FL
Plastic Surgery Center of Tampa, FL
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Pre-surgery lab test requirements for facelift
Most physicians do not perform blood tests unless there is an overriding medical condition, such as patients taking diuretics and require a potassium level. Anemic patients may require a blood test to make sure they are not currently anemic prior to undergoing this type of surgery. Most patients over 55 will require an EKG. Make sure that there are no other overriding health conditions that may preclude someone from having a facelift, such as high blood pressure, diabetes,...
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Preoperative lab test requirements
Outpatient as well as hospitals have established guidelines for preoperative lab test requirements. This is primarily to be sure the patients are healthy leading up to surgery. Age and medical preconditions will dictate which lab tests should be ordered. For younger patients there may be few tests required. Be aware that this is not a surgeon's requirement, although we always want to know that our patientsare healthy before surgery. Your Plastic...
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Facelift Criteria
Great questions. The first part of your consultation is part of an educational experience to help you identify and focus on the areas which cause your aging appearance. Once these have been identified a treatment plan can be made to treat the issues specific and individualized for you. A facelift typically addresses both the skin and its underlying support system. In addition to removing excess skin, your Plastic Surgeon also tightens the facial muscles and removes...
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Dean L. Johnston, MD
Orlando Plastic Surgeon
Orlando Plastic Surgeon
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Blood tests are not always necessary if you are otherwise healthy
These are guidelines are recommended at the outpatient surgical center that I frequently use:
History & Physical: within 30 days of the planned procedure
Hemoglobin: Recent results for patients with a history of bleeding tendencies or anemia, or patients having procedures with potentially significant blood loss
Serum Potassium: Recent results for patients on dialysis, diuretics, Digitalis, or long-term corticosteroids and for patients with diabetes or renal...
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Blood tests before a facelift
The blood tests obtained are not to determine whether you are a good candidate for the surgery, but they do alert the physician of any underlying medical issues that might cause problems during or after the surgery. It measures your general health, not the appropriateness of a face-lift.
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Facelift Evaluation
As previously described, depending on your age and overall health issues some additional tests may be required to assess if it is safe enough to proceed with surgery. In addition to lab work, an EKG, chest X-ray or other tests may be required. This is determined by your surgeon, your anesthesiologist and perhaps your medical doctor.
Deciding on whether a Facelift is the right surgery for you and your face is a decision that you make based on your surgeon's...
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Blood Test before Facelift Surgery.
Laboratory evaluation, including blood tests, are done before most surgery to evaluate the patient's health prior to the operation. Physical characteristics including skin quality, muscle tone, and facial contours as well as the patient's motivation and expectations are factors considered before facial rejuvenation surgery.
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Blood Work for Facelift not Necessary
There is no specific bloodwork needed for a facelift. However, if your medical screening process indicates that you need a blood test for your general health, then it is a good idea, if not mandatory, to get this test prior to the surgery. So, if a healthy 40 year old patient needed a facelift, or a "mini-facelift" more likely, I would not get any lab work. However, just about everybody over 60 will require some screening studies which hopefully has already...
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Steven Holzman, MD
Austin Plastic Surgeon
Austin Plastic Surgeon
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Pre-op testing for Facelift
You are really asking 2 different questions. First, your surgeon will be able to examine your face to see if facelift surgery would be the right solution to the aging or sagging in your face. Second, your surgeon will then want to make sure that it is safe for you to have surgery. This should include a thorough History and Physical be a Primary Care doctor. it is very important to make sure that your blood pressure is in good control. General screening bloodwork is basic and depending...
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Facelift Surgery
In most cases, a simple blood test will be required for Facelift surgery. This is because Facelift surgery requires anesthesia. Any anesthesia other than straight local needs a minimal pre-operative work up. This is a requirement of ASA and JACHO and required in most states. Even though blood work for a very health individual seems overkill, it is elective cosmetic surgery and safety is rule # 1.
The are lifting procedures that are done with only local anesthesia...
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David Alessi, MD
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
Beverly Hills Facial Plastic Surgeon
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Will I need blood work before a Facelift Procedure?
The most important thing you can do before a facelift, or any operation, is to have had a thorough and complete evaluation by a board certified plastic surgeon. He or she will evaluate your entire medical history and perform a medical exam to determine whether you are a good candidate for the surgery itself.
After that is complete, most patients over the age of 40 will need to have an EKG and lab work performed prior to surgery in order to get cleared for the procedure by the...
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Will I need to have a blood test done as part of evaluation to help determine if I'm a good fit for a facelift operation?
I have performed face lifts for over 20 years and the first part of all of my consultations is devoted to discussing the general health of the patient, followed by a medical history and then a discussion about what they are hoping to achieve with plastic and cosmetic surgery. Following that, I do an in depth personal evaluation of their face and or body lisiting the possible areas of improvement followed by a discussion on which, if any, of these areas best fits their individual needs...
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Not necessarily.
Facelift surgery is elective. This means that you don't have to do it. That being said, I always undertake any elective cosmetic surgery with maximum safety in mind. A thorough history and physical is always a part of any good initial consulation for elective cosmetic surgery. Depending on what I find, I will then determine if any preoperative work-up is necessary. I will often consult my patient's own primary medical doctor to get more information to...
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Manish H. Shah, MD
Denver Plastic Surgeon
Denver Plastic Surgeon
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Blood test for facelift
Facelift surgery is extremely elective. As such I want to be sure that all precautions for a safe outcome have been taken. I require all my facelift patients to have a general physical from their internist prior to surgery to be as certain as possible that there are no hidden health risks that might contribute to a poor outcome. As part of this physical to assess your overall health some blood tests may be required.
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Facelift preoperative evaluation
Exams prior to facial rejuvenation only tell the doctor about if your are healthy enough to undergo surgery.
Lab tests are ordered depending upon the age, health, and medications that the patient is taking as well as the type of procedure and anaesthesia
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Facelift Medical Evaluation
At the consultation, the primary factors are meeting the surgeon and finding if the surgeon is a good fit for you. Likewise, the surgeon is evaluating your face, your level of expectation and whether those expectations can be met. If you both decide that you are a good fit and proceed with surgery, your safety comes first.
Depending on your medical history, blood work, EKG, chest x-ray, and medical evaluation may be requested. It is to ensure your safety during...
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I love Dr. Aldea's answer.
If you are health, blood work is almost unnecessary for a facelift. Pre-operative testing is performed based on your medical history. The testing is now driven by your health needs. For many patients, they may not get regular health care. Cosmetic surgery becomes an important opportunity for health screening. Do you get short of breath exercising, experience chest pain, or have a history of smoking? These and other health information directs appropriate...
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Blood test
No A blood test will tell a surgeon nothing about your your qualifications as a facelift patient. However, this is surgery and a blood test is usually required as part of the overall health profile
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Medical Evaluation for Facelift Surgery
Multiple factors go into determine's one's readiness for Facelift surgery.
- PHYSIOLOGICAL - do you have any medical problems which make you a high risk (heart disease, smoking, autoimmune disease, taking certain medications etc)?
- PSYCHOLOGICAL - why are you having the operation? What do you hope to change? Are you going to handle the initial recovery period? Are there any emotional factors which would interfere with your recovery?
- FINANCIAL - Cosmetic Surgery is not cheap....
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Criteria for Facelift Being a Good Candidate
There are many factors a surgeon will evaluate prior to determining if you are a good candidate for a facelift. These include but are not limited to, your medical health, your emotional well being and your physical exam. Be prepared to explain why you want a facelift and what you expect from the surgery. The surgeon will review your medical history and explain what can or cannot be done, risks, benefits and alternative treatments. It will then be determined if you are a...
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