Orlando Pre-Operative Instructions

Orlando Pre-Operative Instructions. Please do not take any aspirin, aspirin-containing products, or NSAIDs (Ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), Indomethacin, Naproxen, etc. unless prescribed for you by a physician, seven days before your surgery (these products increase the bleeding during the procedure). If you have been placed on these products on your doctor’s recommendation, please get in touch with them before discontinuing the medicine for their approval.

If you are on a prescription anticoagulant (blood thinner) prescribed by a physician, do not discontinue these medications. 

Certain herbal medications can increase your risk of bleeding during surgery. Please stop taking garlic, ginkgo, ginseng, and ginger at least 72 hours before surgery. If you need pain medicine, you may take Tylenol.

If you smoke, your surgery site will heal better if you discontinue smoking for 48 hours before the procedure and during the recovery period. Even better, just stop smoking today and never restart.

No Alcohol 24 hours before the surgery and 24 hours after…sorry, it makes you bleed easier.

Try not to eat or drink two hours before the surgery.

The amount of time you will need to plan on being in the office will vary from procedure to procedure. If you are scheduled for Mohs surgery, please make yourself available for the entire day. For most other surgeries, you will need to plan on from one to two hours of office time.

Skin surgeries do not typically need prophylactic antibiotics.

You may need someone to drive you home following the surgery. The need for a driver may vary from procedure to procedure.

You may take a sedative on the day of the procedure, but if you do, have someone drive you home.