What could prevent a person from being cleared to get breast augmentation according to their labs?

Candidates should be in overall good health physically with realistic expectations. It’s safe to say that most board-certified plastic surgeons would avoid operating on a patient with irregular blood pressure, bleeding disorders, or other serious factors that can add risk to the procedure. Patients with unrealistic expectations may never be happy with their results or they could be seeking extreme alterations that can also put them at risk.  

Thank you for your question.  Pre-operative medical clearance is important to obtain prior to any surgical procedure, especially elective cosmetic surgery, in order to determine that the patient is in optimal health to handle the proposed surgery.  Pre-operative clearance is generally performed by a patients primary care physician and can include bloodwork, ekg, mammogram/breast sonogram, etc..., all of which your primary care physician signs off on.  Labs performed for purpose of medical clearance can indicate that the patient suffers from anemia, diabetes, has an infection, is pregnant, has potassium issues, etc... all of which are important to know and take care of before any surgery is to be performed.  I hope this helps and I wish you the best of luck.

When undergoing elective plastic surgery, it is important patients are healthy.  Labwork that indicates infection, anemia, pregnancy, etc. can cancel a procedure.  Also a potassium level that is abnormal increases safety risk and will postpone a procedure.

Great question.For a seemingly healthy individual without any medical problems, it is important to check for any possible infections (urinary tract, bladder, respiratory tract, oral/dental, etc) that may not be apparent to the naked eye. An infection of any sort anywhere in the body, has the potential to "seed" the implants and cause major problems which may lead to removal of the implants. Remember, implants need to be treated carefully as they are foreign bodies and are subject to rejection if they become contaminated or "seeded" by bacteria. Other things to look for are anemia and pregnancy.  Best wishes, 

Based on current guidelines at our clinic, for patients under 50, if they are healthy and without significant medical history, no blood work is requested.  Guidelines may be different at your surgeon's location.For us, pregnancy test is routine of course, but that's usually done with urine samples on the morning of surgery.Best wishes,

RM