Your Surgical Experience: What To Expect & Where to Start

All online prep materials are completed on our HIPAA compliant patient portal, myTouchMD. We make this part of your process as easy as possible by emailing detailed instructions and examples on how to complete your materials before your appointment. We will have you submit pictures of the treatments areas you’d like to discuss with the doctor as well as complete paperwork for the surgeon’s review. They take the time to mark up the photos to use a helpful visual aid during your consultation, so you can see things like incision lines and generally how the surgery will work.

The virtual consultation is when you finally get all of the information you’ve been waiting for! Over video chat, you’ll get to hear the surgeon’s treatment plan, learn about all of the details from pre- to post-op, and get your questions answered.

Not only will the consultation cover everything on the surgical side, but you will also learn about the logistics of having plastic surgery. Our surgical coordinators will give you an exact quote for the surgical plan, go over financing options, and chat about the scheduling.

Whenever you are ready, our surgical coordinators will help you officially get on the schedule for surgery!

After your virtual consultation, we will get you scheduled for your in-office consultation. This is the time when you will meet with your surgeon in person, finalize the details of the surgery, and ensure everyone is comfortable to move forward with your treatment plan.

This is a great time to ask your surgeon additional questions that you think of after your initial virtual consultation. Our providers will also use this time to take review further details about the surgery, take measurements, and find the right implant size to fit your body type (if applicable).

About two weeks before your surgery, you will chat with a member of our clinical staff over the phone to confirm surgery details and go over further details of pre- and post-op care. Prior to this appointment, we will send you helpful documents that provide more insight into patient care.

We encourage patients to review these documents before their pre-surgical phone call, so they can ask questions that may arise after these readings.

Surgeries are performed in surgical centers in the Columbus and Dublin areas. All surgeries are outpatient. On the day of the surgery, it is required that patients have a driver to transport them to and from the surgery center.

Our surgeons have privileges to perform surgeries in:

• Dublin Methodist
• Central Ohio Surgical Center
• Riverside Hospital

Your surgery center will reach out to you the day before your surgery to let you know the exact time to arrive at the center.

Prior to surgery, your surgical team will review instructions and expectations about recovery, but you may have additional questions along the way. We will periodically email you helpful videos to address concerns, put your mind at ease, and review what’s normal two days, five days, two weeks, and one month after your surgery.

We want to ensure you are clear on expectations, so you can have the best post-op experience possible. Of course, you always have a wonderful and compassionate staff here if you have further questions or concerns.

About one week after your surgery, our patients come into the office for their first follow-up appointment. A member of our clinical staff will assess incisions and ensure everything is healing well. If you have a drain, this is when it will be removed.

This appointment is generally meant to address any further steps the patient will need to take to make their post-surgery recovery continue as smoothly as possible. Our clinical staff will advise on further steps involving compression garments, pain management, and any other needs.

One month after surgery, you will come in for another appointment with our clinical staff. Similar to your post-op appointment, they will ensure that the incisions have healed nicely and will then discuss scar care.

Three-month Follow-Up Appointment

Dependent on your surgery or healing process, we may ask that you come in for another assessment about three months after surgery. During this appointment, the provider may mention the possibility of revisions or further treatments meant to enhance your results!

Patients can expect to discuss revisions in more detail six months post-surgery.