Plastic Surgery

You will receive confirmation of your clinic appointment by SMS and/or email. If you need to cancel or reschedule, use MyChart or call 800-305-4444 at least 24 hours before your appointment.

Arrive 15 minutes before your appointment and go directly to the reception area to check in/register. Within five minutes, a member of our nursing staff will carry out a physical assessment and check your medical history with you. You will then have a wait of around 20 to 30 minutes before meeting your surgeon.

Your meeting with the surgeon will last about 20 minutes, and will give us a chance to talk through with you how things will progress, and set out a treatment plan. We may be able to provide a diagnosis at this first visit, but often additional testing may be needed before this is possible. Often, this can be done on the same day, but sometimes you might need to make a separate appointment or special preparation. Before you leave, the team will give you detailed instructions about what will happen next. If you need surgery, your surgeon will arrange it.

You will be invited to a preadmission clinic, usually a few weeks before the surgery, to ensure that you are well enough for the anesthetic and to talk through what will happen during the operation. This appointment will last around an hour. Feel free to ask any questions. A preanesthesia clinic visit is usually scheduled for the same day, and will last about 20 minutes.

You will receive a call from the operating room access team 24 hours before your surgery to confirm. If you need to cancel, please let us know as soon as possible, as other patients may be able to use your slot.

You should fast for eight hours prior to checking in for surgery, and drink only clear liquids (such as water, fruit juice without pulp, carbonated drinks, and tea without milk). Stop drinking two hours before surgery. Your doctor will have discussed with you whether you need to stop taking any medication before surgery, and you should bring all medication with you. Make sure you shower and wear clean, comfortable clothes before coming to the operation. Don’t bring any valuables. If you are a same-day admission patient, you will be transferred to the inpatient ward.

Following your care, and depending on your specific treatment, you will have follow-up appointments. If you need to go through recovery sessions, we will arrange visits with our teams, who specialize in plastic surgery recovery and will recommend rehabilitation exercises.

Find out more about our rehabilitation services

Further details about inpatient and after-care can be found on our Patient Information pages