Breast Implant surgery next week and got a cold and sore throat. Help!

Breast augmentation is elective surgery, so it can always wait until you are better, than to run any risks. Colds can pass quickly, but you should contact your surgeon to discuss it with them.

You should alert your surgeon and be checked by your family doctor. Oftentimes in my practice patients will be started immediately on antibiotics and then re-evaluated by the anesthesia team prior to surgery to determine whether or not it is safe to proceed with surgery. I wish you and your children a speedy recovery. For more information on this and similar topics, I recommend a plastic surgery Q&A book like "The Scoop On Breasts: A Plastic Surgeon Busts the Myths."

In general, the anesthesiologist and surgeon will decide what is best. Mild colds are usually not a contraindication, but fever, heavy coughing are causes for possible cancellation.  Do everything your general practitioner recommends for the cold and hang in there!

You need to informyour surgeon you have a cold he will probabaly order a more vealuaion to know if it is safe t get surgery but an elective surgery like this can wait in order you are healthy and get the best results so if your evaluation determine that you can not get surgery you need to wait and reschedule. Good Luck!

Cough, cold, sneezing usually equates to delayed surgery both from a safety and comfort point of view. I would not want to be coughing with fresh surgery on my chest, or develop a problem that requires antibiotics and have infection spread to the implants. Better safe then sorry.

Contact your surgeon regarding your condition.  Also, I would recommend a visit with my primary care physician, too.  It may be in your best interest to postpone the surgery until you are feeling better.

In my opinion, elective cosmetic surgery, especially when placing a foreign body such as a breast implant, should not be done at a time when the patient is immuno suppressed such as having a viral syndrome like a cold. Also, anesthesiologists will be hesitant to put you to sleep with any type of general anesthesia with an acute upper respiratory tract infection. Better wait until you're healthy. Best of luck.