Is 138,000 platelets too low for rhinoplasty?

March 15, 2018
Asked By:joeysanderz in New York, NY

My prospective doctor says it’s fine but I know the cutoff is 150,000. Is he not concerned because it’s close enough or is he being negligible and will have a surprise of unclotting blood during surgery? I have no symptoms, no excess bleeding when cut, no blood in my stool, no fatigue. I also recently quit drinking because of this so perhaps the low level is due to that. I’m now eating better too. But seriously, if you think he may be unethical I’’ll wait for surgery for my platelets to improve.

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