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I finally get my surgery date tomorrow! Yay! It feels like I have been waiting forever (stupid 6 month waiting period!)...

I wear acrylic nails and I need a fill. (Soon I'll be getting a whole different kind of fill - yay again!) I was going to go in today but I'm wondering if I should just have them removed. Was anyone told to remove them prior to the procedure? I've checked online and of course it's been a mixed bag of responses... just curious what they've told previous banders?

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Hospitals sometimes require you to remove them, no nailpolish and no jewelry...for your own safety

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I am really interested in this as well. I have had 2 c-sections and a knee surgery, and I can't remember having to have them removed? I'll do what I need to though. Any one else know something about this?

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I wore nails the day of surgery and they didn't say anything. Piercing make up n jewelry has to come off though.

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I finally get my surgery date tomorrow! Yay! It feels like I have been waiting forever (stupid 6 month waiting period!)...

I wear acrylic nails and I need a fill. (Soon I'll be getting a whole different kind of fill - yay again!) I was going to go in today but I'm wondering if I should just have them removed. Was anyone told to remove them prior to the procedure? I've checked online and of course it's been a mixed bag of responses... just curious what they've told previous banders?

Thanks!

You don't have to remove nails, might have to remove polish on one finger to get an accurate pulse ox!

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I had my nails on when I went in, and they did not remove the polish. As a matter of fact they used it my "gorgeous" nails as the topic of conversation while they were putting me under. When I quit talking about it, they know I was out!

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I didn't have to remove mine either..

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I have gels and just had to remove polish from one fingernail and one toe for pulse ox too.

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I had my nails and some makeup on (some liquid, they probably didn't notice), they didn't say anything. My nails are "pink and whites" so they don't have polish on them anyway. I had polish on my toes though, they didn't say anything about that either.

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I finally get my surgery date tomorrow! Yay! It feels like I have been waiting forever (stupid 6 month waiting period!)...

I wear acrylic nails and I need a fill. (Soon I'll be getting a whole different kind of fill - yay again!) I was going to go in today but I'm wondering if I should just have them removed. Was anyone told to remove them prior to the procedure? I've checked online and of course it's been a mixed bag of responses... just curious what they've told previous banders?

Thanks!

You do not have to take off acrylic nails. I also have them and I got them filled the day before my surgery they were fine.

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I had my nails on when I went in, and they did not remove the polish. As a matter of fact they used it my "gorgeous" nails as the topic of conversation while they were putting me under. When I quit talking about it, they know I was out!

That is so funny they did the same to me. I have had anestecia in the past and freaked out. I was worried about this happening again but when I woke up I was laughing to myself because I don't remember quitting talking.

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I was told no makeup jewelry or polish :/. . It is strange how much what different people are told varies. But I'm sure if your doc wanted them off they wouldnhave told you during your pre op appointment

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I had my fake nails on and it was fine. No jewelry and no skivvies though. :-)

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I kept mine but had a french mani so they could see the nail beds, and no polish on my toes for the same reason.

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I kept mine but had a french mani so they could see the nail beds, and no polish on my toes for the same reason.

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