My surgery is June 15th which is in 1 day and I just got a yeast infection! Is ok to continue with my breast augmentation?

Thank you for your question. Not all surgeons would have an issue with operating during a yeast infection. However, it depends on your surgeon and whether you are on antibiotics. Infections can make you more vulnerable to a wound infection, and it’s possible that your surgeon will delay your surgery until you finish your course of antibiotics, if you are taking any. Therefore, it’s best to contact your surgeon directly and let him or her know about the situation. Best of luck!

It is very unlikely that a vaginal yeast infection would have any impact on a breast augmentation. This is not a bacterial infection that could enter the bloodstream and colonize your implants or breast tissues. Nevertheless, there could be SOME small risk with proceeding. You should discuss this with your surgeon. If postponing even a few days is possible, then that would be the safest option. The yeast infection should be better by then if treated. Also, antibiotics given at surgery and possibly after can make the yeast infection worse, so definitely get it treated now.

Whenever a patient has surgery, we want them to be as healthy as possible to obtain the best result without complications. Your plastic surgeon will be placing sterile implants into your body and we would not want to have any active infections during this procedure.  Your plastic surgeon will make the ultimate decision for your surgery.  Good luck.

Hello Kelsey, the conservative approach is to likely treat the infection and delay your surgery.  Your plastic surgeon may have a different opinion.  Please call him/her today.Mark K Markarian, MD, MSPHHarvard-trained Aesthetic Plastic Surgeon

Thank you for sharing your excellent question.  Because of the active infection present I would delay your surgery until you are fully healed.  Please discuss this with your surgeon asap, they can offer you the best treatment recommendation. 

I would suggest that you delay your surgery until you are treated and recovered. Because this surgery is elective you want every chance of success for the procedure.
Good luck,
Dr. White

As breast augmentation is an elective surgery in my practice any infection needs to be treated and resolved prior to surgery. Even though your infection will probably be local and won't spread and can be treated easily I would recommend to postpone your surgery by a few days till your infection is resolved.Good luck!

I'm sorry that happened to you!  If you were my patient, I would definitely recommend waiting until the yeast infection has been treated and resolved.  An implant is a foreign body and the single biggest problem can be infection around the implant.  We want the pocket that the implant is going to be placed into to be as sterile as possible.  Ideally an elective procedure can be deferred until the patient is healthy and fit to minimize the risk of complications.  Good luck!

If you were my patient I would delay your procedure until you were properly treated and your symptoms completely resolved. The risk in this situation is infecting the implant which would be disastrous. Why risk it? As always ask your plastic surgeon as they may have a different opinion regarding this.Best wishes,Dr. Ravi Somayazula

Each surgeon will have different protocol when dealing with an infection prior to surgery. The conservative approach is to delay surgery. However, consult your surgeon as he/she knows the scope of the surgery and the specifics about you.