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Hello, and thank you for your question. Generally, Himalayan Salt rooms can be safe to use before surgery. I’ve never had a patient who has asked about Salt Room Therapy. They are not very common in south Florida. However, be sure to discuss this with your surgeon for his or her opinion. Best of luck.
Hi and thank you for your question. While I would strongly encourage that you discuss this with your Board Certified Plastic Surgeon directly, in my practice I would permit this so long as it was no closer than one week from my patients surgery date and that he/she was sure to stay well hydrated. Each surgeon has his/her own protocols and recommendations, so it would be important for you to ask your surgeon and adhere to his/her advice. I hope that this helps and I wish you the best on your upcoming surgery!
As long as your surgeon is good with, you should be fine. Consult with your surgeon with any questions prior to your surgery.
Your experience is not uncommon and is part of the healing process. Because the veins and lymphatic channels were disrupted during surgery, it will take some time for new connections to be established and for the lymph drainage to find these pathways. Most of the time patients...
After surgery, it takes a couple of days for the incisions to seal up so seeing some old, dried blood on the dressing is quite normal. It is always good practice to follow your surgeon's postoperative instructions regarding dressing changes and incision care. Make sure you keep your...
Tummy tuck and BBL should not be combined. One requires you to recover sleeping on your back and one requires you to recover sleeping on your front. If you were to have both at one time there would be no way to avoid affecting the results of one of the procedures, possibly both. Its much better...
It may be possible to have a tummy tuck with your aortic aneurysm, but you need to see your vascular surgeon first to make sure elective surgery is safe.
Abdominoplasty scars can be quite complex, ranging from the simple hypertrophic scar to a multiplane inflamed keloid. Pigmentation, discoloration, chronic inflammation, scar visibility can all occur in the short term. We begin each treatment with combination therapy using Yellow broadband BBL,...
Unfortunately health insurance, including Medicaid, does not cover cosmetic procedures and abdominoplasty, also called a tummy tuck, is considered a cosmetic procedure. The definition of cosmetic surgery varies, though from an insurance perspective, cosmetic surgery refers to any surgery with ...
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