I just had breast augmentation and today is day one post opp. Since I am laid up in bed for the next week or so I was wondering if I can do a revitalize chemical peel? However I am on Norco and Valium and I’m wondering if that will have a negative side effect with the peel. I do hope to be off the drugs in a day or so but I’m still wondering if I can do it now to get the process started.
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Selected patients may opt for local anesthesia with sedative rather than general anesthetic. However, only your surgeon will be able to decide if you can have the local anesthesia. Discuss with him/her your concern and his/her rationale for opting to use subdural anesthesia, which is not a...
Hi and thanks for your question. Every plastic surgeon is slightly different in their protocols but I typically recommend that my patients start breast implant massage a week after the operation. I explain it as if you are going to the gym and perform it in reps and sets. I get...
Scars widen because of several factors. In this case, the likely cause is tension on the incisions as the sutures dissolve. Kenalog doesn't help because the scars are not thick/elevated. Microdermabrasion and steroid tape don't work for the same reason. And you cannot change your ethnicity or s...
