Patients Manual

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery - Patient´s Manual

Patient´s Manual

1. Initial consultantship 
Before any intervention a patient should be advised and evaluated by Doctor Angel, in a consultation where the patients expose their needs and they are given the solutions offered by the him, offering the necessary advice and answers to all the doubts that the patients have on their specific case. 

2. what should the patient take to the initial consultantship? 
It is necessary and of great use that the patient takes all the information and antecedents in the clinical history and mainly, if in any moment, she has had previous procedures in another clinic or by other doctors

3. recommendations for smokers
The smoking patient will minimize to the maximum or suspend the consumption of tobacco totally, at least 7 days to one month, depending on the procedure to be carried out, the same as to suspend it during all the post operative

4. if you are going to be my patient and you will undergo any procedure 
you should be in total fast (not even water) from 10 in the night of the previous day, even if the intervention will be carried out under local anesthesia
Do not to take any medication that contains anti-inflammatories such as: aspirin (acetilsalicilic acid), ibuprofene, diclofenac, naproxen, advil, etc. during the ten previous days to the intervention, because it increases the hemorrhage risk. 

5. the patient’s obligations 
The patients should 
– – Follow A PEDEM LITERAE the professional’s indications. 
– – Attend the controls or appointments after the procedure
– – Not hide information on their health and habits such as smoking, drinking or drugs or medications consumption like diuretics, slimmings, hormones, anti hipertensives, pacemaker, allergies, etc. 

7. the costs of the procedure cover: 
– The surgeon’s wages. 
– The anesthesiologist’s honorarium. 
– Surgery room and surgery materials expenses. 
 hospitalization service in our center when it is required. 
 post operative control

«all inlcuded» surgical packages can be organized including: medications, strips and post operative physiotherapy mainly for foreign patients.

The place where an aesthetic or plastic surgery is important when looking for a goodresult. La Clinica Angel has all the infrastructure and technology then necessary to give that assurance.
A plastic surgeon in Colombia must be supported by institutions and agencies that certify their expertise and experience in aesthetic surgery must also have the necessary study to offer their services.
It is important that every patient knows what will be the recovery process in each procedure. Although variation in each aesthetic plastic surgery and every person, there are details that are common.