What does your hemoglobin level have to be to have breast augmentation?

Hello BrittyBaby22, 
It’s a pleasure to answer your questions! As a general rule, it would be safe to perform breast augmentation surgery if patients have a hemoglobin level over 10. Since every case is different, request an in-person consultation with an experienced plastic surgeon to assess your candidacy for breast augmentation based on your age and health status, among other factors. During the first consultation, you will have the opportunity to discuss your specific needs and cosmetic goals. Kind regards! Dr. De La Cruz. 

hello thank you for your question and provided information as well..The normal value for a patient to obtain a plastic surgery procedure is 12 hemoglobin.

Cosmetic surgery is not intended to make patients healthier. For that reason, all patients need to be 'healthy' prior to surgery.

Dear BrittyBaby22,every plastic surgeon has his own preoperative protocol which he recommends to his patients. I would suggest you to discuss this with your plastic surgeon.Daniel Barrett, MD
Certified, American Board of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Plastic Surgery
Member, American Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

13 HEMOGLOBIN LEVEL – A SAFE number – Surgery involves blood loss, the preop lab work several weeks or a month is important to know a starting point before surgery and to detect anemia. This way prompt detectioncan help correct this with supplements such as multivatimins (specially B complex) and iron. The goal is to have surgery at least with 13 Hb. This way recovery will be optimal and anemia symptoms are less likely to occur and lessens the chance (although rare) to have a blood transfusion in cases of severe blood loss. For breast implants, since the blood loss is not significant a Level above 11 can be an acceptable number.

Hello!  Thank you for your question!  If labs are routinely obtained or there is a concern to check them preoperatively, a result within that lab’s Normal limits would be desired.  Typically, 12-15 is a standard. If lower or higher, further work-up may be performed to check for other things. Overall, your surgeon will want to ensure that you are healthy and fit to undergo the procedure in order to ensure your safety. Best wishes!

Thank you for your question.  Most elective surgeries require a hemoglobin of 10 or greater.  If you are below this threshold, a consult with a hematologist to improve your numbers and investigate the low hemoglobin may be required.Best Wishes!

Hemoglobin varies in many women depending on the menstrual cycle.  By many standard diagnostic tests, many actively menstruating women may be transiently anemic depending on the time of the month.  Although the reference range for a normal hemoglobin (abbreviated Hg) is 12, I would accept a lower Hg if the patient is healthy and considering menstruatual history.  This is acceptable for a procedure such as BA where blood loss is minimal.  Of course, only your surgeon and anesthesiologist can make the final call.I hope this answers your query.

There is not a mandatory number for the hemoglobin, but most surgeons would want it to be in the normal range, not too high, not too low.  If you are anemic, it would be important to treat that condition first before having surgery.  Otherwise you may not heal well.  If the count is too high, a hematologist may want to evaluate you before elective surgery to see if there is a cause.  Some patients are chronically anemic, and can have surgery safely.

A breast augmentation is a lower rate bleeding procedure. What you can’t have is a value below 12 grams. For this kind of ambulatory procedure between 12.5 and 13 grams will be ok. In the case of a breastlift or a redcution it has to be over 13 grams. For a Liposuction in a good candidate should be ove 13.5 grams always, without exceptions.