Question:
Shave pubic area before LBL surgery?

I completely forgot to ask my surgeon if I should shave my pubic area prior to my lower body lift on Monday 29th. He covered all other impt aspects of the procedure and answered all my questions yet this one cropped up after I returned home. Any suggestions?    — Vicki S. (posted on December 23, 2003)

December 23, 2003
Call your doctor
   — Delores S.

December 23, 2003
I was told prior to hernia surgery not to shave the are. The reasons given were: 1) that I might nick it and cause slight infection, and 2) that if they shaved it immediately before surgery it acted as another means of cleansing the area by scraping off a layer of bacteria and germs. Let them do the shaving. That is why they get the big bucks, lol.
   — Margaret S.

December 23, 2003
VERY good question. I am 8 days away from my Tummy Tuck and I am pretty....uh.. hirsute down there. I was wondering the SAME exact thing! I forgot to ask the doctor. I am having a pubic lift too. I guess I need to at least "trim" it or they will dull about 5 razors trying to get it all! LMAO. Maybe I should clip it kind of close.. where it is stubbly.. and let them do the rest? I am anxious to see the answers! Good luck to you! I am on the 31st~!!
   — danabky

December 23, 2003
My PS shaved anything that needed to be shaved. I still had my pubic hair after my body lift
   — Robert L.

December 23, 2003
I just came out of a LBL on Friday, and they did not tell me to shave my pubic area, nor did they.
   — raye

December 24, 2003
If anything needs shaving, they will do it right before the surgery . . .
   — ctyst