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Thank you for your excellent question. Because aspirin is a blood thinner best to ask your surgeon about their recommendations on restarting it based on your specific procedures and how your recovery has gone. Hope this helps.
Hi, thank you for your question. Generally aspirin must be stopped atleast 2 weeks prior and after surgery. It is still best to consult this with your surgeon as this will depend on the amount of drains noted on your recovery period.
You should check with your surgeon on this, for my patients I want them to avoid all blood thinners including aspirin for two weeks before and two weeks after surgery. Good luck.
You should consult with a plastic surgeon. I have seen many cases like yours and I have never had to sacrifice the belly button. The best would be for the plastic surgeon and general surgeon to work together.
Thank you for the question. Usually for these procedures combined the recovery is about 2 weeks. You are encouraged to walk and perform low energy daily activities immediately however you are to refrain from exercise for at least 4 weeks.Most patients can go back to work within 10-14 days, and...
If you feel like the drains are not moving fluid as well and maybe clogged then the drains need to be "stripped." This is something that is pretty difficult to explain and if done wrong can lead to problems. The main thing is you want to make sure you are always moving the material in the tube...
Thanks for your inquiry. There is not really an average depth of a belly button. That really varies from patient to patient. If you are experiencing swelling, then it you can experience increased depth which should decrease as the swelling subsides. I would follow up with your Plastic Sur...
Congratulations on completing your surgery. It is difficult to say where the fat will go when you gain weight. Once the fat cells are removed, you never regrow new fat cells but the fat cells that are left behind can get bigger. This can give you an appearance similar to what you had prior to...
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