I am having a breast lift with augmentation surgery in April. I was a little concerned about excessive bleeding and the dr informed me that he injects epinephrine on surgical site how does this work in preventing blood loss??
March 5, 2018
Answer: Epinephrine with breast augmentation... Hi and thanks for the great question. Epinephrine is the same as adrenaline which your body produces during the "fight or flight"/startle response, and one of it's many effects it to directly cause contraction and a clamping down of the blood vessels thus decreasing the amount of bleeding during a procedure. It is often used in conjunction with local anesthetic for all types of breast, body and facial surgery to minimize the amount of blood loss during surgery. Since the breast are glandular structures with very robust blood supply, using injected epinephrine before breast reduction surgery is very common.
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March 5, 2018
Answer: Epinephrine with breast augmentation... Hi and thanks for the great question. Epinephrine is the same as adrenaline which your body produces during the "fight or flight"/startle response, and one of it's many effects it to directly cause contraction and a clamping down of the blood vessels thus decreasing the amount of bleeding during a procedure. It is often used in conjunction with local anesthetic for all types of breast, body and facial surgery to minimize the amount of blood loss during surgery. Since the breast are glandular structures with very robust blood supply, using injected epinephrine before breast reduction surgery is very common.
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March 5, 2018
Answer: Breast lift surgery and bleeding Thank you for your question. The use of lidocaine with epinephrine is very common in plastic surgery.The epinephrine causes vasoconstriction or shrinks the blood vessels such that there is less blood loss. Provided you do not have any reasons to bleed excessively, ie hemophilia, take aspirin actively or have a coagulation factor deficiency, blood loss from the surgery you propose should be minimal. Best wishes, Dr. Morrissey
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March 5, 2018
Answer: Breast lift surgery and bleeding Thank you for your question. The use of lidocaine with epinephrine is very common in plastic surgery.The epinephrine causes vasoconstriction or shrinks the blood vessels such that there is less blood loss. Provided you do not have any reasons to bleed excessively, ie hemophilia, take aspirin actively or have a coagulation factor deficiency, blood loss from the surgery you propose should be minimal. Best wishes, Dr. Morrissey
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