First of all, make sure that you give all your information to your health counselor. Information requested from you;
Age
Size
Kilo
Your history of surgery
Your chronic diseases
Medicines you use regularly
Use of birth control pills or a medicine containing hormones for women
Smoking and alcohol use
The completeness and accuracy of this information is very important as it will directly affect the course of your surgery. In addition to this information, it is necessary to send your complete blood count test result, especially for combined surgeries.
Patients with thyroid disease should send the TSH-T3-T4 test results in addition to these tests.
Patients with diabetes are required to send the HBA1C test result in addition to these tests.
*People using birth control pills should stop using the medicine 1.5 months before the date of surgery. People who use hormonal spirals or hormonal tapes should have it removed.
* Hormonal medicines used to change gender should also be stopped 1.5 months before the operation.
*Blood thinner; Aspirin and its derivatives should be discontinued 1 week before the surgery, and oxaparin should be started if vanatorin is used.
*In general, all patients with chronic diseases should consult their own doctors and obtain surgery approval from their current doctors in order to have surgery.
*For combined surgeries, it will be useful to use supportive medicines before the surgery.
However, it would be appropriate to stop using these medicines 1 month before the surgery. (multivitamin, fishoil etc.) Iron supplementation can be continued and blood supportive treatment can be taken.
* Why should I not smoke?
In particular, it increases the risk of hematoma and causes poor healing of the wound.
In stretching operations, it is generally recommended to use a corset for 6 weeks.
It will be sufficient to use the corset for 4 weeks for face lift and neck lift surgery.
The butt pillow we provide for BBL operations should be used for 6 weeks.
In plastic surgery, a drain is definitely inserted in the operations we perform on the body. The reason for this is to ensure the removal of long-term seroma and hematoma and to prevent its collection in the body.
You can take your first shower the day after the drain comes out.
After returning to your country;
It is recommended that patients undergoing liposuction have lymphatic drainage massage 1-2 times a week. It will be very beneficial to have it done regularly for 6 weeks.
It is very important that you use the corset for the required period of time in lifting operations.
It is recommended to wear compression stockings after thigh lift surgery. You should not take long walks before full recovery occurs.
Patients who have tummy tuck surgery should not hand up or lift heavy weights.
Do I need to have surgery again?
It's about personal satisfaction. For this reason, before deciding on surgery, a doctor's consultation should be made and the recommendations should be acted upon.
How many years does the effect of the surgery last? (times are approximate if maintenance rules are strictly followed)
Upper eyelid and lower eyelid; 5 years
face lift; 10 years
Breast surgeries; Breast surgeries vary according to the type of surgery, the condition of the breast, and weight gain and loss.
Tummy tuck; Depends on weight gain. 10 years if properly followed by doctor's instructions.
Thigh stretch; 10 years
Nose; forever
It takes 6 months for the results of the surgery to be evident. It may take up to 1 year for the full result to appear.
In general, we can say that swelling and bruises will go away after 2 weeks.
When can I return to work?
1 week after liposuction
Thigh lift after 2 weeks.
Arm lift after 1 week
Tummy tuck after 10 days
Face lift 2 weeks
Nose job after 10 days
BBL after 10 days
