This maybe a really irrelevant question but did people wear makeup going to the hospital? My nurse said no dark nail polish, no creams/lotions or powders after taking the hibiclens shower the night before and morning of......forgot to ask if I can wear eyeliner? People must be thinking If this is all I have to worry about....lol

My nurse said unless I wanted to look like a racoon not to wear eyeliner. I don't plan on wearing any makeup. I figure I won't care what I look like as long as I wake up. :-)

I love this topic because I just asked my sister who went thru bypass a few years ago if makeup is or isn't OK... I'm someone who walks to the mailbox and has my 'mask' on lol!

I was just thinking about this last night! I was making dinner, and plucking my eyebrows..(lol) I wondered if I could wear makeup, I always hated looking like a hot mess after having my kids... I thought at least this time I would pull myself together a little bit!

Well... I've already called my surgeons office for every other question... Why not this one? Lol!

I would not wear make up and they made have you remove it before surgery. Trust me the OR staff is not worried about how your face looks and honestly the least of your problems.

I was told at pre op no makeup. However, I wore very light makeup and some waterproof mascara and very light natural looking eyeshadow. When I woke up nothing was smeared and I looked fine. I was also told no nailpolish, which I understand because it can interfere with the oxygen saturation monitoring. The VERY first thing I did when I got to my room was sit in the chair and painted my nails.

Guess I am vain and shallow, but I am the Assistant Director of Nursing at the hospital that I had my surgery and I knew I would have tons of visits from coworkers so I didn't want to look like a hag

I can understand 'least of problems', but being a person with insecurities due to my weight and secondly with how I feel in my lack of confidence without makeup... It's the one thing I can control until my weight is no longer an issue. . .

I didn't wear makeup and after my surgery, I never thought about the fact that I wasn't. I had too much other stuff on my mind.

Had my pre-op today! All went well... It's a go for a week from today! I DID find out that it is an absolute NO for makeup! 'My' office requires this as they measure your temperature by the forehead and do so frequently. They also require no nail polish or artificial nails as they do your o2 sat on your index finger and simply bc anything on your nails can harbor a huge amount of bacteria. At this point, idc about any of it. I'm just ecstatic for this to happen.