Before surgery my doctor said I have to remove all mine so they can properly manage my oxygen level [emoji32][emoji53]

I haven't heard that. Did they say why? & what state are you in?

All surgery requires nail polish to be removed. If your body goes into any type of arrest it will show through your nail beds. If you have fake nails they usually recommend you take one or two completely off.

I wasn't told this, and I actually had my nails done a few days before. I even got tons of compliments from the nurses about the hot pink. Fuchsia I picked.
My oxygen levels were 100% and they didn't have any issues.

All surgery requires nail polish to be removed. If your body goes into any type of arrest it will show through your nail beds. If you have fake nails they usually recommend you take one or two completely off.

I was told this 25 years ago when I had my c sections done it's very old stuff.. that's why you wear an oxygen thing on ya finger they don't do the finger nail thing anymore. They have come along way lol

All surgery requires nail polish to be removed. If your body goes into any type of arrest it will show through your nail beds. If you have fake nails they usually recommend you take one or two completely off.

Your right and I agree 100% [emoji8][emoji8]

All ten of my fingers were painted a lovely shade of purple (overlay with gel polish) before surgery and all ten were still painted afterwards.....

I was told the same thing before my surgery. End up doing my nails all but one for them to do the oxygen level for surgery.

Depending on the nail polish or false nails, the oximetre won't pick up your oxygen saturation. I'm a nurse and most of the time it works fine, even with nails, but sometimes it won't pick up and it's a pain in the arse to have to deal with that as they are trying to get you set up for surgery.

Edited March 8, 20179 yr by 1poundatatime

Before surgery my doctor said I have to remove all mine so they can properly manage my oxygen level [emoji32][emoji53]

I had clear gel on my nails. No problem at all

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Obviously depends on the hospitals advice then... some don't mind and some do

Its not only the o2 monitoring its the fact that nail polish and tips and those things can harbour bacteria... No matter how much you clean them they arnt ever really clean... So some places wont let you do to the risk of infection... Trust me if you ever seen a staph infection in a surgical wound you'd understand where they're coming from. Where i work anything on your nails is completely banned, its simply not worth the risk to the patients or the risk to bring something home.

Before surgery they told me the same thing, but I was apprehensive since they were my real nails. So day of surgery I kept them on no problems. They do recommend a lighter color because it makes it easier.