Recommended Supplies:

*Prior to surgery, you'll will be instructed which specific supplies to purchase. 

*Local Hotels:

• Marriott Residence Inn (Close to my office, my patients receive 10% off of  the best available rate.

*Arm Lift (Brachioplasty):

• Pre-op Drink (ClearFast or Ensure Brands, helps you feel better before AND after surgery):
  • Drink one bottle 3 hrs before surgery
    
• Knee-High Stockings (Size is based on ankle and calf circumference measurements.)
• Post-op Garments:
  • Sleeves for Arm Compression
• Hypafix Tape 2" (For scar care)

*Brazilian Butt Lift:

• BBL Garment (Size is based on waist and hip measurements. Make sure to to look at the "size guide" for measuring instructions.)
• BBL Pillow (The BBL pillow helps you sit without putting pressure on the newly transferred fat in your buttocks.)
• Knee-High Stockings (Size is based on ankle and calf circumference measurements.)
• Gauze Sponges (Placed around the drain site to protect it)
• Paper Tape 1" (Secures gauze)

Nutrition:

• Protein Powder (Take 100-150g per day. Starting 2 weeks before surgery. You should take high amounts of protein per day until you are completely healed, 3-6 weeks after surgery. Any high protein powder of your liking will do.)
• Collagen and Amino Acids (Take two packets per day starting two weeks before surgery. Complete all packets.)
• Heal Fast Surgery Recovery Supplements (Follow instructions on bottle)
• Electrolytes for Hydration

*Breast Augmentation:

• Pre-op Drink (ClearFast or Ensure Brands, helps you feel better before AND after surgery):
  • Drink one bottle 3 hrs before surgery
    
• Round Implants:
  • No surgical bra needed. Most people choose to wear a sports-bra or bralette.
  • Scar Care (choose one):
    • Silicone Sheets
    • Silicone Gel
      

• Shaped or Textured Implants (you MUST have a band, bring it with you to surgery):
  • Implant stabilizer band
  • Post-op bra
    
  • All-In-One (Bra with Band)
    

*Breast Lift with Implants

• Pre-op Drink (ClearFast or Ensure Brands, helps you feel better before AND after surgery):
  • Drink one bottle 2.5 hrs before surgery
    
• Hypafix Tape 2" (For scar care)

*Breast Reduction or Lift:

• Pre-op Drink (ClearFast or Ensure Brands, helps you feel better before AND after surgery):
  • Drink one bottle 2.5 hrs before surgery
    
• Hypafix Tape 2" (For scar care)
• Gauze Sponges (Placed around the drain site to protect it)
• Paper Tape 1" (Secures gauze)

Nutrition:

• Protein Powder (Take 100-150g per day. Starting 2 weeks before surgery. You should take high amounts of protein per day until you are completely healed, 3-6 weeks after surgery. Any high protein powder of your liking will do.)
• Collagen and Amino Acids (Take two packets per day starting two weeks before surgery. Complete all packets.)
• Heal Fast Surgery Recovery Supplements (Follow instructions on bottle)
• Electrolytes for Hydration

*Labiaplasty:

• Pre-op Drink (ClearFast or Ensure Brands, helps you feel better before AND after surgery):
  • Drink one bottle 3 hrs before surgery
    
• Peri-bottle (used to irrigate incisions)
• Reusable Gel Ice Packs
• Tucks Medicated Pads
• Bacitracin Ointment
• Vaseline
• Cooling Pillow (optional)

​*Liposuction:

• Pre-op Drink (ClearFast or Ensure Brands, helps you feel better before AND after surgery):
  • Drink one bottle 3 hrs before surgery
    
• Knee-High Stockings (Size is based on ankle and calf circumference measurements.)
• Gauze Sponges (Placed around the drain site to protect it)
• Paper Tape 1" (Secures gauze)
• Post-op Garments:
  • Liposuction of the tummy, back, waist and love-handles (Size is based on waist, hips and thigh measurements. Make sure to to look at the "size guide" and "measurement guide" for proper sizing.)
  • Sleeves for Arm Compression

Nutrition:

• Protein Powder (Take 100-150g per day. Starting 2 weeks before surgery. You should take high amounts of protein per day until you are completely healed, 3-6 weeks after surgery. Any high protein powder of your liking will do.)
• Collagen and Amino Acids (Take two packets per day starting two weeks before surgery. Complete all packets.)
• Heal Fast Surgery Recovery Supplements (Follow instructions on bottle)
• Electrolytes for Hydration

*Tummy Tuck:
REQUIRED SUPPLIES FOR SURGERY:

• Pre-op Drink (ClearFast or Ensure Brands, helps you feel better before AND after surgery):
  • Drink 1st bottle with dinner the night before surgery
    
  • FINISH 2nd bottle 2.5 hrs before surgery
• Knee-High Stockings (Size is based on ankle and calf circumference measurements.)
• Garments:
  • Step I Garment (worn for 3-12 weeks after surgery):
    • Tummy Tuck Garment (Size is based on waist, hips and thigh measurements. Make sure to to look at the "size guide" and "measurement guide" for proper sizing.)
• Gauze Sponges (Placed around the drain site to protect it)
• Paper Tape 1" (Secures gauze)
  
• Hypafix Tape 2" (For lower scar care)
• Silicone Sphere (For belly button scar care)
• Bacitracin Ointment (For belly button)
• Walker - You may only use this for a two weeks, but it it will be money very well spent. This helps with getting around for the first two weeks after your tummy tuck. Consider purchasing a walker at a second hand store, like the Goodwill.
  

Nutrition:

• Protein Powder (Take 100-150g per day. Starting 2 weeks before surgery. You should take high amounts of protein per day until you are completely healed, 3-6 weeks after surgery. Any high protein powder of your liking will do.)
• Collagen and Amino Acids (Take two packets per day starting two weeks before surgery. Complete all packets.)
• Heal Fast Surgery Recovery Supplements (Follow instructions on bottle)
• Electrolytes for Hydration

OPTIONAL SUPPLIES FOR TUMMY TUCK SURGERY:

• Recliner and Lift Chair Rental (Portland Area)
• Wedges for Sleeping:
  • Wedge Pillow
  • Leg Wedge
• Relaxation and Bowel Regularity
• Female Urinal
• Toilet Riser

Pre-Consult/Pre-Surgery Resources**:

*Books:

• The Complete Guide to Fasting (Discusses fasting and how to change body composition through various fasting protocols)
• The Obesity Code - Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss (Understand the science of weight gain, obesity, and insulin resistance)
  

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