Things You'll Need:
- Loose Clothing
- Loose clothing
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Step 1
Research your procedure thoroughly. Understanding it will help calm your anxieties and hasten your recovery.
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Step 2
Stop taking all medicines (such as aspirin) that can interfere with clotting two weeks prior to your surgery. Check with your surgeon for specifics. Vitamin E can interfere with clotting as well.
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Step 3
Quit smoking two weeks prior to your procedure. It interferes with healing.
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Step 4
Make sure you've got everything you'll need after surgery, including medications. You don't want to have to make trips to the store post-op.
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Step 5
Forego shaving any hairs near the surgical site, 24 hours or longer, before the surgery. Shaving over the liposuction region before surgery can cause ingrown hairs after the surgery.
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Step 6
Don't eat or drink after midnight the night before the procedure.
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Step 7
Sign a surgical consent form.
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Step 8
Be sure to tell your doctor about every medicine you are allergic to.
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Step 9
Wear loose-fitting clothes. After the procedure, you will want to slip into something soft and unbinding.
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Step 10
Ask someone to drive you to and from the procedure, since you'll feel weak afterward.
