Don’t: Take Blood Thinners
Dr. Madnani says it’s important to avoid blood thinners—think Asprin, Motrin, Advil, viamin E or fish oil—a few days before your injectable treatment. “This will improve the healing process and help avoid excess bruising,” says the doctor.
However, Dover, OH, facial plastic surgeon David Hartman, MD says that about 50-percent of his skin cancer reconstruction patients are on serious blood thinners, but fewer than one percent of his clientele is seeking injectables while on a blood thinner. “What’s more, blood-thinner patients already understand they bruise more easily, and it would never be my advice that a client go off of their Comadin or Plavix in an order to get injections—the inherent risk of going off of blood thinners far outweighs the risks of a bruise.”