Managing a
Complication During Recovery
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Information on what to do if you should have any
of the symptoms during your cosmetic surgery recovery. It is very
important to have all of your plastic surgeon's phone numbers available so that
you can contact him or her if a complication should arise.
Contact your plastic
surgeon or the on-call physician immediately if any of the following occurs:
Temperature over 100.5
degrees
Bleeding from your
incisions
Any pus or cloudy
discharge from the incision areas or nipples
Bad smell coming from
the incision area
Pain that is
unmanageable
Problems urinating
after the surgery
Unable to have a bowel
movement
Dizziness and feeling
light headed
Numbness of the legs
Contact your surgeon or
the on-call physician and GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM
as soon as possible:
Temperature over 104
degrees
Uncontrollable
vomiting
Passing blood in urine
or feces
Spitting up blood
Blackening of the skin
(not a bruise)
Loss of consciousness
not related to sedatives or narcotic medication
Convulsions
