AS PROPER POST-OP CARE IS SO IMPORTANT AFTER A COSMETIC PROCEDURE, MANY PATIENTS MINIMIZE OR HAVE UNREALISTIC ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT WHAT TO EXPECT IN THEIR RECOVERY PERIOD ESPECIALLY IF THey’ve NEVER HAD A SURGERY BEFORE. THOUGH NO FAULT OF THEIR OWN, THEY CAN’T KNOW WHAT THEY DON’T KNOW.
BEAUTIFUL RESULTS DON’T JUST HAPPEN AFTER A SUCCESSFUL SURGERY - THAT’S JUST THE FIRST HURDLE. THE NEXT HURDLE IS RECOVERING well WITHOUT COMPLICATIONS.
AS SURGICAL WOUNDS NEED TIME AND CARE TO HEAL, COMPLICATIONS AND INFECTIONS CAN OCCUR IN ANYONE. AND MORE SO IF YOU HAVE OTHER MEDICAL CONDITIONS. SUTURES CAN LOOSEN UP, SURGICAL WOUNDS CAN OPEN UP, CALLED “DEHISCENSE” WHICH CAN EXPOSE UNDERLYING TISSUE. AS THIS IS A MORE OBVIOUS COMPLICATION, GETTING A SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION IS NOT ALWAYS SO OBVIOUS ESPECIALLY IN THE EARLY STAGES. AND, IF LEFT UNNOTICED AND UNTREATED, THIS TOO CAN LEAD TO WOUNDS OPENING UP OR NOT HEALING WELL AND INCREASE THE SCARRINg - NOT AN OUTCOME ANYONE WOULD WANT ESPECIALLY IN A VISIBLE AREA. WHEN A SURGICAL WOUND IS INFECTED YOU’RE ONLY SEEING WHAT IS VISIBLE TO THE EYE. BENEATH THE INCISION CAN BE A WHOLE DIFFERENT STORY AND A SERIOUS ONE AT THAT. AT THE EXTREME END, AbsCESSES, LOSS OF UNDERLYING TISSUE, SEPSIS AND HOSPITALIZATION CAN OCCUR IF NOT CAUGHT AND TREATED EARLY.
HAVING A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL LIKE A REGISTERED NURSE WHO CAN RECOGNIZE THESE COMPLICATIONS EARLY ON CAN MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A GOOD OUTCOME AND A BAD ONE.
