Before and After Plastic Surgery: Taking Care of Yourself
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Part of a good outcome from plastic surgery is taking good care of yourself before and after your procedure.
Your surgeon will give you a list of items to keep on hand and things to do, but the better you prepare and care for yourself, the better your surgical outcome will be.
Think of the surgery as an athletic event for which you must prepare the body!
Before surgery, make sure your nutrition, sleeping and exercise are up to par. Your diet should include healthy amounts of protein which provides the building blocks for cells.
Being in good physical shape helps you heal faster because the increased circulation brings more blood and nutrients to the surgical area.
So, in the weeks before surgery, you’ll do yourself a favor if you can just find a half an hour daily to walk.
Insufficient sleep is hard on your immune system. Do whatever it takes to get optimum Z’s in the weeks leading up to your rejuvenation surgery.
Due to some longer incisions, those tips are especially useful for body procedures including:
Afterwards, your healing will be helped if you continue your surgeon’s pre-surgical smoking ban. Also, stay away from products like aspirin and herbs that increase bleeding.
Plastic surgeons require you to give up smoking before operations because tobacco injures the blood vessels and restricts healthy blood circulation. In fact, smokers require more anesthesia during their surgery.
Unless your surgeon says otherwise, many experts recommend some movement after surgery. Just walking around will aid blood circulation, stimulate your appetite and help other body functions.
Another standard tip is having somebody with you during your healing time to help with bandages, dressings and surgical drains, if any.
If you have flown in for plastic surgery, your surgeon has probably given you post-op instructions.
Flying just after surgery can be problematic, depending on the procedure.
For instance, recent breast augmentation patients would not want to reach up to the overhead bins on a plane. Rhinoplasty patients are sensitive to the pressure changes experienced in air travel.
What are your tips for caring for yourself before and after surgery?
admin @ March 16, 2009
I’m thankful to you for providing us useful tips. Weight loss surgery in general has helped hundreds of thousands people around the world to achieve the weight loss they desire.
I truly believe that one MUST take care of themselves after surgery. Its a team effort. But what i have found comforting with California Surgical Institute is that they are there to help…. I know i have probably called them many times with questions i had after my surgery, and they were so helpful. It wasnt like, once you have the surgery, you are forgotten about. Thats why i truly recommend this company. Also i know that they are very adiment about scheduling my post op appointments so that the doctor can monitor my recovery as well. To me, that gives me a piece of mind, to know that i have the doctor there at all times to make sure i fully recover! But back to the subject, i def believe takign care of your self after surgery is key.