Face

Refrain from smoking completely, it impairs healing, can cause stretched, widened, elevated and thickened darker scars, as well as causing skin death.

Body

Now that we have met, and gone through what the surgery entails, here are just a few guidelines on the upcoming weeks prior to your surgical day.

Breast

Avoid anything with aspirin, or any flu medication combinations-these contain blood thinning drugs

Blepharoplasty

Avoid anything with aspirin, or any flu medication combinations-these contain blood thinning drugs

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Facelift

Avoid anything with aspirin, or any flu medication combinations-these contain blood thinning drugs

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Rhinoplasty

Stop all over the counter medications including vitamins and avoid anything over 1 unit of alcohol[a glass of wine/ a beer] per night.

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Prominent Ears

Stop all health and gym supplements completely

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Liposuction

Liposuction

Stop any tea preparations[green tea/health tea] other that the normal varieties.

Hand Surgery

Hand Surgery

You will have a crepe bandage and a splint on your hand in post cases, and your hand will be numb/tingly due to the local anaesthetic injections.

Minor Procedures & Trauma

Minor Procedures & Trauma

[SKIN CANCERS/LUMPS AND BUMPS]

Tummy Tuck

Tummy Tuck

Now that we have met, and gone through what the surgery entails, here are just a few guidelines on the upcoming weeks prior to your surgical day

Breast Reduction

Breast Reduction

Avoid anything with aspirin, or any flu medication combinations-these contain blood thinning drugs- this is for 2 weeks prior to surgery. [any other blood thinning medication must be reported to Dr Singh if you happened to omit this on my information/consult form]

Breast Augmentation

Breast Augmentation

Stop all over the counter medications including vitamins and avoid anything over 1 unit of alcohol[a glass of wine/ a beer] per night

Male Breast Reduction

Male Breast Reduction

Chat to me about any last minute questions you have, I pride myself in being an approachable person, not just an approachable surgeon

  • St Augustines hospital, Chelmsford Medical Centre no 1,Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa