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Any drug use prior to surgery, prescribed or illicit, needs to be brought to the attention of the doctors that are going to be taking care of you and actually doing the surgery. There are increased chances of bleeding throughout the surgery, as well as an inability to control pain afterwards with regular post-op pain meds. I would disclose this information to your surgeon at once and let them guid you. Keeping it from them can only lead to unwanted problems down the line. I hops this helps.
Speak with your surgeon regarding any mediation / drug you take. A full health history must be recorded and assessed by the surgeon and anesthetist prior to surgery. Drug contraindications are extremely important.All the Best.
There are many dangers of using meth even without surgery. When you combine it with anesthetics, medications that affect your heart rate, metabolism, etc. You could die, have infections, poor healing, implant extrusion, and an increased risk of every other complication possible. Street drugs are not clean and there may be other potential toxins that can cause problems. Please consider a drug rehab program.
Alyssa,A lot of bad things can happen. Anesthesia during your surgery can become dangerous due the unpredictable nature of your body withdrawing from the methamphetamines. Meth also compromises your ability to heal your wounds and your chance for post operative infections.I would recommend you discuss this with your plastic surgeon immediately and seek counseling regarding your drug habits.Dr. Daniel BarrettPlastic and Reconstructive SurgeryBeverly Hills, CA
Any street drug use can harm your health especially in combination with anesthesia. Please seek help for your drug use.
I'm very sorry to hear of your situation. There are many serious harmful side effects of methamphetamine use especially if you are undergoing general anesthesia for breast augmentation. Please contact her plastic surgeon and discuss this directly with your surgeon and I agree you need to seek counseling regarding your methamphetamine use.
After a year it is unlikely you will have a double bubble. Capsular contracture on the other hand can unfortunately happen even after 1 year - there are no proven things that can be done to ensure it never happends.
Sutures generally dissolve on their own. However, you should ask your surgeon what sutures were used for you.
At 5 weeks after surgery your breasts are still settling. This takes about 3-4 months to occur, and so it would be better to wait until then before assessing your results. I don't routinely recommend massage, therefore it's a good idea to ask your surgeon if it's okay to massage your breasts.
