Can I have 1-2 alcoholic drinks a couple of days before my surgery?

It's best to avoid all alcohol for a few weeks before surgery to minimize risk of bleeding issues from any type of plastic surgery. Consult with your surgeon if you have alcohol closer than two weeks before your scheduled surgical procedure.Best wishes,Dr.Bruno

This is a very important question regarding any type of surgery. Although minimal amounts of alcohol consumption may not interfere with daily activities, this is more than important when it comes to surgery. There are 3 major reasons for this. 
1. First of all, alcohol consumption can modify blood coagulation time, hence act as a blood thinner resulting in bleeding and/or edema and swelling that are important in aesthetic procedures.
2. Alcohol consumption immediately prior to surgery can result in increased diuresis (which means increased urination) hence making it difficult to control your blood pressure, electrolyte balance hydration altogether.
3. Alcohol consumption can change the way your liver metabolized medicine, hence intake of alcohol in combination with antibiotics and non-steriod anti-inflammatory drugs can result in increased/decreased metabolization of the medicine and overdose or underdose of the medicine required.
In general, I advice ro alcohol intake for 2 days prior to surgery and 1 week after.
Hope this helps,
Ali Rıza Öreroğlu, MD FEBOPRASEuropean and Turkish Board Certified Aesthetic, Plastic and Reconstructive SurgeonIstanbul, Turkey

Thank you for your question. Each surgeon has his or her opinion on this issue so you should discuss it with your surgeon. Alcohol intake can alter the way the surgery medications are metabolized, but I think that 1-2 drinks a few days before surgery is not going to make a huge difference in my opinion.Hope this helps!