I keep thinking of all these little questions with surgery right around the corner lol....Please humor me, anyone know why my surgeon says not to wear make up for surgery? I hate not wearing makeup.....thanks!!!

To make sure the enviornment stays sterile. rembember they flip you around alot... on a bed. off a bed. If they get it on themselves..then in you by accident it could cause an infection.

You will be knocked out! Who cares if you have makeup on.. they have seen it all the good the bad and the ugly...

You dont need one more thing to do that morning. Consider it a break for a day :welldone2:

They also need to be able to accurately tell if your pale, jaundiced, ect and with makeup on thats difficult to do, it also makes it difficult for the tape to stick to your face from the breathing tube. They tape your eyes shut once the intubate you and who wants mascara sticking to plastic tape??

one word- bacteria.

And you can't wear nail polish because they put the oxygen monitor on your fingertip.

oh man thanks for the nailpolish comment

I am having surgery monday and I knew no makeup but not about the nailpolish thanks again

ok I understand. Without trying to sound like too much of an idiot (too late prolly lol) can I leave my toe nail polish on?

Toe polish is fine! That is a funny one.

I had both toe and nail polish on. It was a light color, though, and somewhat translucent.

Hehe, I"m not a big make up wearer, I always feel like I look like a clown. Natural is my thing. but I had a spray tan the day before surgery (I cant believe I just admitted I am that vain).

I had my surgery today and I wore makeup and they didn't say anything about it. Good Luck!

and don't forget take your jewlery off. Sorry

I had my toenails painted but my nails were French manicure. That wasnt an issue. The no jewelry was an absolute must. I had to remove toe rings even. All my rings, even wedding ring, came off easily except for my thumb band. I asked if I could just leave it on and they brought me some K-Y lube and made me take it off, lol.

They said I could leave all my polish on except for one finger and one toe---that they needed to be able to see the natural color of the nail bed, to watch for circulation issues. Well I thought that would look silly---so I took it all off. No make-up, hair spray, deodorant, they ask us to shower, and make sure our hair was dry, but to use no products. And yes ALL jewelry had to be off, my SIL tried to get to keep her upper earrings---nope, like lianna's thumb band, they too had to go!!! No contacts, no dentures, or removable partials--although they said you could keep them until they took you off to surgery.

In the end it was not an issue!!!

Kat