When do I pay for my advanced skin care? What happens if my advanced skin care is cancelled? What medicines can I take before advanced skin care? Should I stop smoking? What should I do if I am pregnant? What should I do if become ill before advanced skin care? What should I do if I have questions before advanced skin care? We want your cosmetic treatment experience to be as safe and pleasant as possible. We will not take any undue risks with your health. Begin by reading through all of the information that you have received. You should have preoperative instructions, aftercare instructions, surgical consent, price quote sheet, and preoperative history and physical. Read through all this material twice. If you have any questions about any of this information, call us as soon as possible at 952.449.4900 Ask for Sandy Hanson or me. When do I pay for my advanced skin care? Payment is due in our office two weeks before advanced skin care. If payment is not received two weeks prior to the treatment date, your treatments will be rescheduled. We accept cash and cashiers checks. Personal checks are accepted prior to two weeks before your treatments. You may use a credit card (Visa or MasterCard) to pay for your surgery. We also provide a finance program. My suggested fees include professional fees, anesthesia fees, operating room costs, equipment use fees, implant costs, house calls, before care and after care. What happens if my advanced skin care is cancelled? Although rare, advanced skin care may be postponed or cancelled. This is usually for health reasons and your personal safety. We will not take any undue risks with your health. It is your responsibility to maintain good health prior to your advanced skin care. You must avoid exposure to virus infections (colds, flu), take your prescription medications as prescribed, stop all non prescription medication, stop smoking, stop alcohol consumption, and stop all illicit or illegal drug use. If you cancel advanced skin care less than one week before the scheduled treatment date, you will be charged a 25% cancellation fee. Bashioum Cosmetic Surgery Center, Ltd. is not responsible for any expenses incurred by you if advanced skin care is cancelled or postponed for any reason. These expenses include but are not limited to hospitalization costs, prescriptions, home nursing care, preoperative history and physical examination, laboratory costs, pathology fees, travel expenses, time off work, housing costs, and/or meal costs. What medicines can I take before advanced skin care? Stop taking all non-prescription or over the counter medicines two weeks before advanced skin care. In other words, stop all drugs, medicines, preparations, herbs, homeopathic advanced skin care, and extra vitamins that are not prescribed by a medical doctor. This includes all of the following: All homeopathic drugs, natural drugs, or herbal drugs (ephedrine, "Phen-Fen", P/F, St. John's Wort, or salicylic acid), all extra vitamins (especially vitamins D, E, and A), all illicit or illegal drugs (cocaine, crack, THC, marijuana, narcotics, heroin, LSD, PCP, speed, or amphetamines). These medicines will lead to increased blood pressure problems and bleeding problems. It is possible to die from these drug induced complications. These complications can ruin the result of your advanced skin care as well. Your advanced skin care will be cancelled if you take any of these medicines. Call us if you are not absolutely sure about a particular medicine. We recommend that you take only one multivitamin daily for two weeks prior to your advanced skin care. Most prescribed medications should be taken before and after your advanced skin care. Should I stop smoking? Do not smoke or use tobacco or nicotine products (snuff, chewing tobacco, Nicorette gum, nicotine inhaler, or nicotine skin patches (Nicoderm)) for two weeks before and two weeks after advanced skin care. This can lead to skin loss, skin death, and slow wound healing that will ruin the result of your advanced skin care by leave you with permanent deforming scars. For general health reasons, I recommend that all my patients stop smoking. What should I do if I am pregnant? If you are late for your menstrual period or flow, call us immediately. What should I do if become ill before advanced skin care? If you develop a cold, the flu, sore throat, infection, diarrhea, vomiting, nausea, fever and/or chills, cold sores, fever blisters, or chicken pox, please call my office as soon as possible. We will determine at that time if we need to delay your advanced skin care based on your symptoms. If advanced skin care is performed when these conditions are present, there is an increased risk of complications. What should I do if I have questions before advanced skin care? Remember that we are here for you. We want these advanced skin care to be as safe and pleasant as possible. Call us anytime you have questions or concerns. During office hours (8:30AM to 4:30PM, Monday through Friday), call 952.449.4900 and we will answer your questions. After hours, first call me at my home number, 952.473.XXXX. If there is no answer, call my office at 952.449.4900 and leave a message. I will be paged. You may also reach me on my mobile phone at 612.803.XXXX. © Copyright 1998 Bashioum Cosmetic Surgery Center, Ltd. All Rights Reserved.