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Since virtually all anti-anxiety medications do not cause bleeding issues, this is not a concern. However, some anti-anxiety meds can interfere with safe anesthesia, and should be discussed with your surgeon and/or anesthesia provider.Generally I allow my patients to take their medications on their usual schedule, as long as there are no anesthesia contra-indications.Ask your surgeon and/or anesthesia provider for clarification and the absolutely safest answer. Best wishes! Dr. Tholen
Usually medications that you need to take as part of your medication regimen usually do not have to be stopped before surgery. Yes, some do like aspirin products and blood thinners as allowed by your internist. Always best to ask your surgeon. We give our patients a list of medications to avoid.
It's a question of degree, although either way you need to speak with your surgeon about this. In general, for small amounts of medication, I allow patients to continue to take their medication (it may even be counter-productive to stop it abruptly, in terms of an increase in anxiety during the peri-operative period). For more significant amounts of medication, you should consult with your surgeon and whoever is prescribing it for guidance on tapering down, as necessary.I hope that this helps and good luck,Dr. EMember of RealSelf 100
At one year post-op, your healing is essentially complete, and any soreness or "little knots" are unlikely to get better or resolve. This is due to the areas of dead fat that have turned into scar tissue, not because you failed to have massage therapy.Not all of the transplanted fat...
I think that you do have enough fat to accomplish your goals.Find a board certified plastic surgeon who performs hundreds of Brazilian buttlifts and liposuction procedures each year. Look for great reviews and great before and after pictures.Kenneth Hughes, MDLos Angeles, CA
It's not about volume, it's about fat survival.Simply injecting huge blobs of fat without adequate living tissue to surround the grafts and allow survival and long-term retention will simply look good initially, and then progressively turn into hard nodules of dead fat (fat necrosis) and...
I am so sorry for your difficulties, especially since you describe this as having been done by a board-certified plastic surgeon. Are you sure this doctor is certified by the American Board of Plastic Surgery? Or is this "board" the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery? The latter is NOT a member...
Dear Beb, Your question is a critical question . You will get different answer from different doctores in regad to fat survival. I have been doing butt implants surgery for over 11 years and operated on hundreds of patients. I can tell you from my own observation that...
Thank you for your question, in your pictures I can see that you do have enough fat for a successful Brazilian butt lift, however for the results you are looking for I would advice doing liposuction in several areas; abdomen, waist, upper and lower back, flanks, arms and possibly thighs, for...
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