Vitamins and laxatives before breast augmentation?

You should stop the omega vitamins now, and stool softeners can be helpful, which you can start now. Please discuss your vitamins with your surgeon because every surgeon has his/her preference about what you should take.

This is a great question. For most of the vitamins you mentioned, there is no problem continuing these before and after breast augmentation. The only exception might be the Omega 3, which tends to have a slight increase in thinning the blood. I don't believe that it is dramatic, though. Constipation post-operatively is caused by use of narcotics. In all of my breast augmentation surgeries, I utilize Experel which is a long-term numbing medication that lasts 203 days. By using this, use of narcotics is much less and constipation much less of a problem. If my patients do have constipation, then I recommend nightly use of Milk of Magnesia. I have not found that stool softeners, such as Colace, beneficial and I do not recommend them.
Dann Leonard, MD

Thank you for your question. Each Surgeon will have their own protocol they wish for you to follow before surgery. I typically recommend only Vit C, Iron and medically necessary meds prior to surgery. Iron can cause constipation so sometimes I will suggest it every other day. I would suggest speaking to your Surgeon and following their recommendations. Best of luck to you.