Refrain from smoking completely, it impairs healing, can cause stretched, widened, elevated and thickened darker scars, as well as causing skin death.
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.
Avoid anything with aspirin, or any flu medication combinations-these contain blood thinning drugs
Avoid anything with aspirin, or any flu medication combinations-these contain blood thinning drugs
Read MoreStop all over the counter medications including vitamins and avoid anything over 1 unit of alcohol[a glass of wine/ a beer] per night.
Read MoreStop all health and gym supplements completely
Read MoreStop any tea preparations[green tea/health tea] other that the normal varieties.
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.
[SKIN CANCERS/LUMPS AND BUMPS]
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
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]
Stop all over the counter medications including vitamins and avoid anything over 1 unit of alcohol[a glass of wine/ a beer] per night
Chat to me about any last minute questions you have, I pride myself in being an approachable person, not just an approachable surgeon