- Have a good meal before your appointment.
- Take your medications as prescribed by your doctor unless told otherwise.
- Take your preoperative medications as prescribed.
- If you have been prescribed a sedative, you should take it one hour before the appointment. It is important to be accompanied and not to drive for the day.
- You can bring your headphones to listen to your own music.
- Have ice packs or a bag of frozen peas ready at home to apply cold compresses to the skin, opposite the surgical site.
- Liquid meal replacements such as “Ensure” and soft foods such as soup, purees, Jell-O, rice, pasta, fish, ground meat, etc. are recommended for the first few days.
- You will need to schedule a 20-minute appointment two weeks after the procedure to verify the healing and remove the stitches.
- Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any last-minute questions