Anyone know if I would have to remove my nail polish for surgery? I'm having a mani/pedi before I go in and wonder if I should forgo the polish. First world problems.

No nail polish:). So they are able to check capillary refills if necessary

I wore nail polish. No one even questioned it.

In order for the finger pulse ox to work. One finger should be free from nail polish. At Teachamy maybe they used an ear probe on you.

I called and asked the OR dept and they said no problem with having polish.

I wore gel polish on my fingernails and they put compression stockings on my legs that covered my polished toes. My surgery was in Tijuana, MX.

I had a French manicure and it was fine.

I was told no makeup and no red polish

Ask. I had read all these warnings on here so I asked and they said sure no problem. The pulse ox worked and they didn't need to check my toenails bc I had the pulse ox

I wore it for mine.

I was told that as long as the polish on your nails isn't super dark then you're fine.

In order for the finger pulse ox to work. One finger should be free from nail polish. At Teachamy maybe they used an ear probe on you.

I'm not sure what they "probed" when I was under anesthesia--I believe I had a similar experience with aliens once.(LOL!) but I was in the cardiac ward and was hooked up to so many tubes and wires, I lost count. I did have a finger monitor attached at times.

Thanks everyone. I was told by my surgeon that either toes or fingers are okay, but not both.