RE: Speaking of Tattoos...

[Guest guest]

Cool, thanks!

Jen

--- steph@...> wrote:

> I talked to my artist regarding this because mine

> are rather big and in

> fleshy areas and he says that they shrink with your

> skin so they stay the

> same proportion to your body. I've also heard from

> other lists of post-ops

> that theirs look the same.

>

>

>

> Re: A couple of

> questions

> > for the post ops....

> >

> >

> >

> > > Since there was discussion of donating one's own

> > blood for our

> > surgery, it

> > > brings to mind a question that I had: After

> > having a DS, are we

> > ever able

> > > to donate blood - at a blood drive, for

> instance?

> > >

> >

> >

> > you are restricted from dontating blood after ANY

> > surgery for 1 year.

> > but that's not a big deal- you have the same

> > restriction after

> > getting a tattoo. The theory seems to be that if

> > you are still

> > healthy a year later, you're ok to donate. I know

> > the rules change

> > often, because a friend of mine who has donated

> > gallons over the years

> > was banned from future donations because he had

> > malaria as a child.

> > And personally, I don't see whatchildhood malaria

> > could do to your

> > blood if you have since been a healthy man.. but

> > them's the rules.

> >

> > > Secondly, on a different topic: With one of the

> > sort term side

> > effects of

> > > surgery being hair loss, has anyone been able to

> > dye their hair

> > during this

> > > phase? What were the effects, if any, on your

> > thinning hair?

> > >

> >

> > No answers here.. my only recommendation would be

> to

> > wait & see- as

> > long as the hair isn't over processed, dying it

> > should be ok. If you

> > have lost LOTS of hair, I'd suggest sticking to a

> > lighter color until

> > it grows back just because thin hair is more

> obvious

> > with dark hair.

> > Since I'm also still preop (for ONLY 9 MORE

> > DAYS!!!), all I can tell

> > you is what I've done, which is try to protein

> load

> > preop- eat extra

> > protein to build up reserves, plus figure out ways

> > to get my protein

> > in when I'm not hungry right postop. I'm also

> > taking extra zinc &

> > B-vitamins, since they too affect your hair

> growth.

> > And if you plan

> > to dye it preop, try to do it around 2 weeks to 10

> > days before surgery

> > (not sure why, but that's what I've always been

> told

> > to tell my

> > patients going in for surgery).

> >

> > Best luck to you too- I hope your insurance gets

> on

> > the stick!!

> > Hugs,

> > Liane

> > preop, Dr Warden

> > Ocean Springs, MS

> >

> >

> >

>

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[Guest guest]

Tee-Hee -- someone posted not long ago that she had seen a lovely rose shrunk down to an indistinguishable berry sized thing. I'm sorry if you are going to be loosing your art-but maybe if you have to have a skin reduction, they can take out the parts that don't shrink well. Good Luck! Nan E.

[Guest guest]

Weeellll..

I had a friend once who paid a lot for a tattoo,

on her butt, & then lost over 100 lbs... her perfect full-blown rose

turned into a... lopsided bud. to me it looked like a strawberry

birthmark. But I think it might be one of those YMMV deals..

Hugs,

Liane

> > > Since there was discussion of donating one's own

> > blood for our

> > surgery, it

> > > brings to mind a question that I had: After

> > having a DS, are we

> > ever able

> > > to donate blood - at a blood drive, for instance?

> > >

> >

> >

> > you are restricted from dontating blood after ANY

> > surgery for 1 year.

> > but that's not a big deal- you have the same

> > restriction after

> > getting a tattoo. The theory seems to be that if

> > you are still

> > healthy a year later, you're ok to donate. I know

> > the rules change

> > often, because a friend of mine who has donated

> > gallons over the years

> > was banned from future donations because he had

> > malaria as a child.

> > And personally, I don't see whatchildhood malaria

> > could do to your

> > blood if you have since been a healthy man.. but

> > them's the rules.

> >

> > > Secondly, on a different topic: With one of the

> > sort term side

> > effects of

> > > surgery being hair loss, has anyone been able to

> > dye their hair

> > during this

> > > phase? What were the effects, if any, on your

> > thinning hair?

> > >

> >

> > No answers here.. my only recommendation would be to

> > wait & see- as

> > long as the hair isn't over processed, dying it

> > should be ok. If you

> > have lost LOTS of hair, I'd suggest sticking to a

> > lighter color until

> > it grows back just because thin hair is more obvious

> > with dark hair.

> > Since I'm also still preop (for ONLY 9 MORE

> > DAYS!!!), all I can tell

> > you is what I've done, which is try to protein load

> > preop- eat extra

> > protein to build up reserves, plus figure out ways

> > to get my protein

> > in when I'm not hungry right postop. I'm also

> > taking extra zinc &

> > B-vitamins, since they too affect your hair growth.

> > And if you plan

> > to dye it preop, try to do it around 2 weeks to 10

> > days before surgery

> > (not sure why, but that's what I've always been told

> > to tell my

> > patients going in for surgery).

> >

> > Best luck to you too- I hope your insurance gets on

> > the stick!!

> > Hugs,

> > Liane

> > preop, Dr Warden

> > Ocean Springs, MS

> >

> >

> >

>

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