Hi. I am 21 years old and was diagnosed with MTHFR. I don't have any symptoms and I have no history of clotting, nor does my family. I have also been under anesthesia before when I got my appendix removed. I have already been cleared by my primary care physician and I am waiting to get in with a hematologist. I am interested in getting a BBL but I've been canceled numerous times because I have MTHFR. My question is, would is still be safe to get surgery even though I have been cleared?
January 23, 2022
Answer: What does the word safe mean Safe is always a relative term No surgery is 100% safe and certain situations carry more risk than others. The purpose of having experts see you for specific medical conditions is the stratify the risk into some thing where you and the plastic surgeon can make and intelligent decision based acceptable or unacceptable risk. Medicine can be an imperfect science and even if the chance of a complication is low when it happens it is 100%. No question you are at higher risk for serious medical complications including fatal outcomes. The real question is how much of an increased risk does your medical condition impose and does that risk justify having the procedure. Secondly how does each individual plastic surgeon feel about doing the procedure given that information. Lastly how does the patient themselves feel about accepting risk. In the end you are the one that will have the complication not the surgeon. Best, Mats Hagstrom MD
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January 23, 2022
Answer: What does the word safe mean Safe is always a relative term No surgery is 100% safe and certain situations carry more risk than others. The purpose of having experts see you for specific medical conditions is the stratify the risk into some thing where you and the plastic surgeon can make and intelligent decision based acceptable or unacceptable risk. Medicine can be an imperfect science and even if the chance of a complication is low when it happens it is 100%. No question you are at higher risk for serious medical complications including fatal outcomes. The real question is how much of an increased risk does your medical condition impose and does that risk justify having the procedure. Secondly how does each individual plastic surgeon feel about doing the procedure given that information. Lastly how does the patient themselves feel about accepting risk. In the end you are the one that will have the complication not the surgeon. Best, Mats Hagstrom MD
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