COMMON QUESTIONS ANSWERED
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Here are some frequently asked questions to help you understand my services better. I aim to provide clarity and support to ensure your experience with any surgery is seamless.
Most commonly asked questions
When can I drive again after surgery?
When you can grip the steering wheel securely and make an emergency maneuver and no longer take any strong pain killers.
This depends on the injury/surgery you have had
The times below are for specific conditions/operations:
Carpal Tunnel Decompression 2 weeks
Trigger finger release 2 weeks
Flexor tendon repair - 3 months
Extensor tendon repair 8-10 weeks
Trapeziectomy - 3 months
Fractured finger/hand bone 6 weeks, unless it is a scaphoid fracture, in which case you must wait until the cast is off, and this can be up to 3 months
Joint replacements - 8-10 weeks
When can I drive after breast surgery?
When you can comfortably wear the seatbelt
When can I drive after any type of abdominoplasty?
When you can comfortably wear the seatbelt
Please bring a pillow to put over your tummy and under the seatbelt
When can I go back to work after hand surgery?
It depends, like everything, about what surgery you have had done, but as a guide:
Light office work: most likely after 2-4 weeks
Medium work: After 6-8 weeks
Heavy construction work: 8-12 weeks
What to expect during recovery?
All surgery requires a recovery time to heal and regain previous function.
For hand surgery, you will be referred to a Hand Therapist mostly (they are not covered by OHIP).
For simple Skin cancer surgery, we need the wounds to heal, which will take 2-4 weeks, and if you have had a lymphnode dissection, this can take up to 3 months.
For Aesthetic surgery - such as abdominplasty, you won't be able to lift anything heavy for 6 weeks, and you should wear your abdominal compression garment for 6-12 weeks. For Liposuction, you should wait 1-2 weeks, depending on the area, and for sure wear your compression garments for at least 2 weeks, if not 4-6.
Are there any risks involved?
Like all surgical procedures, there are risks associated
this is not an exhaustive list, but pretty comprehensive:
for Hand surgery: Complex regional pain syndrome, cold intolerance, infection, bleeding, scarring, prolonged swelling, decreased range of movement, nerve & vessel injuries, recurrence.
for Aesthetic surgery: prolonged swelling, asymmetry, scarring, irregularities, nerve and vessel damage, infection, bleeding, blindness (eyelid surgery), delayed healing, deep vain thrombosis and pulmonary embolus
Skin cancer surgery: for lymphadenectomies: prolonged swelling and lymphoedema of the affected limb, delayed healing , scarring, infection, bleeding, incomplete excisions
One of the major causes of delayed healing and complications is smoking, and if we are about to embark on an elective operation, you must stop smoking. No leeway for bargaining!
Of course complications related to anesthesia, but these are best discussed with an Anesthesiologist.
Dressings
Please leave the dressings on until :
hand surgery (NOT Dupuytren's dermatofasciectomy): 5 days, then remove and wash with soap and running water, replace dresseing with BandAid
DO NOT SOAK THE HAND FOR TWO WEEKS
Dupuytren's Dermatofasciectomy: After one week, after your clinic appointment, you should change your dressing every 2-3 days
Breast:
After 3-7 days take the outer dressing off, leave inner dressing, which you can shower with
We removed that together at 2 weeks
Abdomen/arms/legs:
Leave the dressing on for 2 weeks
Prices
Prices for non-OHIP
Cysts and Lipomas
$650.00-$1100.00 depending on size and location
Additional Lesions are 70% of the price
Botox ($12 per unit)
Forehead 30 units
Frown line between the eyebrows 20 units
Lift eyebrows and crows feet: 20 units
Chin and outer corners of the mouth 14 units
Lip: 4 units
Bunny lines 4 units
Neck 60 units
Masseters (protruding jaw muscles) 40-60 units
Gynaecomastia: $5000-7000
Liposuction chestwall/axilla after breast reduction: $5000
Liposuction general depends ont he number of areas and volume
Abdominoplasty: £8000-10000
Upper blepharoplasty: $5000
Lower blepharoplasty: $5000
Liplift: $4000
Armlift: $8000-10000
Thighlift: $10000-12500