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Heart Condition and Facial Plastic Surgery
I am a heart patient with an extensive history. Would this history make it impossible to find a doctor to give me a facelift?
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lorelei739
in columbus, oh
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This is very difficult to answer without a detailed history
Dear Lorelei
Generally for our cosmetic patients seeking purely elective surgery, there is no reason to take unnecessary risks with surgery. This does not mean that a person with say a history of coronary heart disease can't have a facelift but no surgeon would consider this if the coronary heart disease was untreated. Occasionally appartently health adults present themselves for cosmetic surgery. It is our job as surgeons to determine if our patient is able to safely have cosmetic surgery...
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Being Healthy and Having a Facelift
If you have any significant medical history or health history, you must have clearance obviously before having any elective or aesthetic cosmetic surgery. It would behoove you to get medical clearance before considering having any type of elective cosmetic surgery. Sometimes you may have medical problems, such as previous cardiac surgery or other major health issues that are now stable. In those types of cases, I do those patients in a hospital setting so they can be monitored more closely...
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Plastic surgery and patients with heart conditions
Prior to undergoing a facelift you should be cleared by your cardiologist for any issues related to a facelift. The facelift operation is both physically and emotionally stressful and it is important to establish that you are in good physical health. Your cardiology records and a letter of clearance from your cardiologist would be in order prior to embarking on a facelift procedure.
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Does my heart condition preclude me from having a facelift?
Hi there-
It doesn't matter how good the procedure might make you look if it is fundamentally not safe for you to have it done... You seem to understand this, so how to maximize your chances of coming through it safely?
I would recommend you visit with both your cardiologist (and/or heart surgeon), and your family doctor. Make sure that when you do, you have already chosen a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon and learned the details of the operation you wish to proceed with, such as the length of t
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Heart conditions and plastic surgery
You will be the younger appearing individual but will you survive the surgery is the real question. Without a complete pre operative cardiac evaluation there is no reason to consider this elective surgery. The consensus of us, posters is 100%+.
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Medical clearance for cosmetic surgery
Certainly your health and safety should be primary to any of your medical doctors. Any surgery would require an examination and medical clearance by your physician and any other specialist that is necessary to assess your risk. Having said that, there could possibly be any number of surgical and non-surgical procedures that could be safely undertaken that might be beneficial to you. Some might be able to be performed under local anesthesia. This would require a comprehensive and careful...
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Perhaps an alternative to surgery might suffice
If you cannot get medical clearance for surgery, we have alternatives now which may not give as dramatic a result but may be sufficient.
In Florida we have many older patients who wish to look better but have all sort of medical issues. In these we may combine Injectables fillers, Botox, medical pigmentation and lasers to give a result that makes them feel better about themselves and is safe. We use this approach on patients who are on heparin or have arrhythmia and many other medical...
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Obtain medical clearance pior to elective surgery
I would agree with both Dr, Aldea's and Rand's statements. Your overall health is the most important consideration. Only after a thorough evaluation by your cardiologist, should you even consider the face lift procedure.
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Facelifts and heart conditions
You should absolutely not risk your life for a facelift. Besides, the pronounced downward tilt of your eyes will always make you look tired despite a facelift. Just not worth the risks assuming what you are saying about your heart is true.
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Heart Condition and Plastic Surgery
"Heart Disease" can mean many different things with differing severity. No ethical Plastic surgeon would operate on you if the operation risked your life. It is absolutely essential that your Cardiologist discuss your true condition with your Plastic surgeon and feel comfortable with your having ANY elective or Cosmetic procedures.
Dr. P. Aldea
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