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I appreciateyour question.I recommend that you discuss this question with your surgeon. Your surgeon is your best resource as he/she is most familiar with your medical history and how you are healing at this time. For my patients, they must be off all pain medication, anxiety medications and muscle relaxers as these should not be mixed with alcohol.The best wayto assess and give true advice would be an in-person exam.Please see aboard-certified plastic surgeon that specializes in aesthetic and restorativeplastic surgery.Best of luck!Dr. SchwartzBoardCertified Plastic SurgeonDirector-BeverlyHills Breast and Body Institute#RealSelf100Surgeon
Thanks for the question. I think a general guide is at least until you are off any narcotics or any other pain, anxiety medication or muscle relaxers. But check with your surgeon to be sure.I hope this helps :)
You can have a drink the next day, but be careful not to mix pain medications and any alcohol at the same time.
I am sorry that you have to go through this ordeal, but at this point, it is important to try to save the remaining skin on the breast for a good reconstruction. The picture shows that the implant is ready to be exposed. It would be good to know if an ADM was used. The current implant needs to...
Thanks for posting the photo. i can see you have had a left mastectomy and implant reconstruction and it looks like there was a symmetrising procedure on the right (wise-pattern reduction mammoplasty). It is a difficult problem to deal with and requires a very high level of expertise. I am not...
Thank you for your inquiry.I think your first step to be schedule an appointment with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon.You could still be a good candidate for reconstruction either with expanders or with a flap.Scars can form after any surgery, but massaging helps early on the postoperative...
