Op. Dr. Bora Yücel
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- December 11, 2024
- 4 min read
- Plastic, Reconstructive and Aesthetic Surgery Specialist Op. Dr. Bora Yücel
Certain points to be considered before breast augmentation directly affect the success of the surgery. In order to provide breast aesthetics, care should be taken both before and after the surgery.
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Preparations before breast augmentation surgery
- Before breast augmentation surgery, you should talk to your plastic surgeon about the surgery in detail. You should state your post-operative expectations and take into consideration the recommendations your surgeon has given you about breast size.
- Before breast augmentation surgery, you should make sure that your general health is good. Before breast augmentation surgery, you should complete pre-operative preparations such as blood tests and consultations with the anesthesiologist.
- Breast augmentation surgery is a surgical procedure and therefore carries the risks and complications of all surgical procedures. You should get information about the risks of surgery.
- As before all surgical procedures, you should stay away from smoking and alcohol before breast augmentation surgery.
- Before surgery, you should contact a relative who will support you for your post-operative care or make an agreement with a healthcare professional who will be your companion.
- Before breast augmentation surgery, you should arrange the design of your home so that you do not have difficulty when you return home after surgery.
Pre-breast augmentation surgery consultation and surgery preparations
- Before breast augmentation surgery, you should discuss in detail with your plastic surgeon the implant size to be applied and the results of the surgery.
- You should have realistic expectations about the results of the surgery. You should make sure that your general health is good before the surgery.
- You should have all the tests requested by your doctor. Complete the tests such as mammography and ultrasound before breast augmentation surgery. If the patient who wants to have breast augmentation surgery is younger than 40, an ultrasound may be requested, and if older than 40, both an ultrasound and mammography may be requested.
- If you have a family history of breast cancer before breast augmentation surgery, you should definitely tell your doctor.
- If you are actively receiving cancer treatment, definitely share this with your surgeon.
- If you have a hereditary disease or regularly used medications, share them completely with your surgeon.
- If your medications have a blood-thinning effect, you should talk to your doctor and stop using these medications one week before breast augmentation surgery.
- You should provide the necessary information about previous surgeries.
- The use of birth control pills should be stopped one month before breast augmentation surgery, and these drugs should not be used until one month after surgery.
- Herbal teas that may have a blood-thinning effect should also be stopped one week before breast augmentation surgery.
- Smoking and alcohol consumption should be stopped one month before breast augmentation surgery and for one month after surgery.
- Care should be taken to eat a healthy diet before and after breast augmentation surgery.
How should preparations be made on the day of breast augmentation surgery?
You can complete your preparations by considering the list below on the day of breast augmentation surgery.
- The patient should come to the hospital with their companion at the specified time on the day of breast augmentation surgery.
- They should prefer clothes and pajamas with zippers or buttons in the front that they can easily put on and take off after the surgery.
- The patient should not have any earrings, necklaces, or piercings during the surgery. The patient should leave these at home and come to the surgery.
- Come to the surgery without making up.
- Taking a shower before the surgery will be relaxing. You should follow the advice of our plastic surgeon for taking a bath after the surgery.
- Eating and drinking should be stopped at least 8 hours before the surgery.
- The necessary tests must be completed before the surgery. Consult with the anesthesiologist and have all the tests requested before the surgery.
- In all surgical procedures, the patient's smoking or alcohol use negatively affects the success of the surgery, so these habits should be abandoned. If they cannot be abandoned, their use should be stopped for at least 15 days before the surgery and for at least one month after the surgery.
- In all surgeries, attention is paid to the patient's current health condition before anesthesia is applied. If the patient has a cold, the surgery is postponed. Therefore, be careful not to experience a cold problem after deciding to have the surgery.
Things to consider before breast augmentation surgery
Preparations to be made at home before breast augmentation surgery
You may need to change the design of your home to have a healthy post-operative period before breast augmentation surgery.
It is forbidden to lift anything heavy from the floor or reach for anything high during the recovery process. Therefore, you should place all the products you may need after surgery in easily accessible places.
In order to support recovery during the post-operative home care process, you should ask for support from a relative who will accompany you or make an agreement with a healthcare professional for post-operative care.
You should have the corset that you need to wear after the surgery at home.
You should make sure that you have enough clothes that button and zipper in the front before the surgery so that you can easily change after breast augmentation surgery.
Eating healthy after the surgery helps your body recover and heal faster. You should have suitable foods at home for healthy nutrition. You should complete the preliminary preparations that will make it easier to prepare meals during the post-surgery nutrition process.
When you return home after the surgery, your bed should be at a height where you can sit and stand up comfortably.
In order to sleep comfortably after breast augmentation surgery, you should support your body with many pillows. You should have many pillows within easy reach.
By paying attention to all these, you should also complete the preparations before breast augmentation surgery at home. It would be right to create a suitable home environment for the recovery process and go for breast augmentation surgery.