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Can a Patient with a Kidney Transplant Get Eye Lid Surgical Procedures?

asked 8 months ago by Corvidman in Milton, NY
Latest answer by William Portuese, MD
Question viewed 230 times
Tags: candidate, kidney

I am a kidney transplant patient. I would like to have upper and lower eye lid surgery. I would like to know any useful information that I need to know before consulting. I am an otherwise healthy 45 yo male who maintains a healthy lifstyle. Thanks you.

11 answers to Can a Patient with a Kidney Transplant Get Eye Lid Surgical Procedures?

Transplant patients and eyelid surgery

Hey Corvidman, If your transplant surgeon thinks your fine then go ahead. So long as you haven't notice healing issue from minor cuts and bumps you will be fine. HOWEVER, there are a couple of things to know about your healing process. When you are on immunosuppression you'll want to allow for a few more days of healing with sutures in. Usually sutures are all out by post op day 6 or 7. In your case you may want to wait a few days more. Also,... more

Chase Lay, MD
Bay Area Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.chaselaymd.com

Transplant recipient can undergo elective surgery

Yes, a transplant recipient can undergo elective cosmetic surgery. However, the patient should obtain a clearance letter from their transplant surgeon prior to undergoing elective cosmetic surgery. It is also important that patients receive antibiotics around the time of the operation due to the immunosuppressant drugs that kidney patients must take.

William Portuese, MD
Seattle Facial Plastic Surgeon

www.seattlefacial.com

Surgery after medical problems

You certainly may, just like any other patient who has had a serious medical problem but now is healthy can pursue surgical procedures. Your suitability for surgery is all about your state of health- diabetics, cardiac patients, patients who may have had end stage renal disease, etc.- there are no limitations if one's health is good and your Internist or Specialist gives medical clearance. Good luck.

Francis (Frank) William Rieger, MD
Tampa Plastic Surgeon

www.riegercosmeticsurgery.com

Eyelid or blepharoplasty after transplant

You should consult your renal doctor or pmd.. whoever is providing care to check your blood, meds and any other general medical issues. if they say your ok get your eyes done

Jed H. Horowitz, MD
Orange County Plastic Surgeon

Bleph after kidney transplant

The first thing to do is to speak with your nephrologist and obtain his or her medical clearance for surgery. You will need to be off any blood thinning medications, even for a short period of time, and so the involvement of your treating physician is quite important. Best of luck!

Robert L. Kraft, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

Blepharoplasty Surgery in Kidney Transplant Patients

Eyelid surgery or blepharoplasty is one of the most successful facial surgeries in terms of the speed and consistency of healing. The upper eyelids can also be done under local anesthesia although this is more of a challenge to do so in the lower eyelids. Because of your immunosuppression medication from your kidney transplant, it is important that your ask your transplant physicians if such surgery is acceptable. I suspect this is not going to be considered a risk for your... more

Barry L. Eppley, MD, DMD
Indianapolis Plastic Surgeon

Can kidney transplant patient have eyelid surgery?

Of course you can have eyelid surgery. When I perform aesthetic procedures on transplant patients, several precautions are taken. Preoperative lab screening to be sure creatinine and other studies OK. Stop anticoagulants before surgery if you take any. Remain well hydrated throughout the procedure. You should not need to be catheterized for eyelids, so urinary tract infection not an issue. Extra precautions to avoid infection should be taken because of... more

Steve Laverson, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

feelbeautiful.com

Sure

Providing you are medically cleared, and not on anticoagulants, there is no reason you could not have your eyes done.

William B. Rosenblatt, MD
New York Plastic Surgeon

Kidney

I see no issue there unless you are on immune rx. that might complicate healing. IOn any event you need medical clearance from your doctorh

David A. Bray, Sr., MD
Los Angeles Facial Plastic Surgeon

Eyelid Surgery after Kidney Transplant?

Thank you for the question. Most likely there will be no problems with you undergoing the eyelid surgery. However, it may be prudent for you to be seen by your medical doctor's for a pre-operative exam/ consultation. If the use of immunosuppressants and/or other medications need to be adjusted these doctors will be able to advise you and your plastic surgeon.There may be also other perioperative recommendations that your physicians may be helpful with ( tailored to your specific... more

Tom J. Pousti, MD
San Diego Plastic Surgeon

Yes, the eyelid surgery can be performed with only local anesthesia.

Eyelid surgery can be performed with local anesthesia. It is important to be off all products that cause thinning of the blood before having surgery. Eyelids are one of the fastest healing areas of the body, so I don't see a problem for you having the surgery.