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Patient Instructions
Before You Arrive:
In preparation for your procedure, you should first stop taking any aspirin, aspirin containing products, herbal products, or blood thinners FIVE days before your scheduled procedure. This includes the daily baby aspirin or low dose aspirin recommended by some physicians. Other medications which might act as blood thinners should also be stopped. If you have questions about this or have a special medical condition which you feel might not allow you to do this, please contact our office and your prescribing physician. Continuing these kinds of medications will cause additional bleeding and make bleeding related problems much more likely to occur. We will provide you with a list of common medications which may contain such products and be harmful to you if taken during this time frame.
You should plan to shave the genital area several days before the procedure if possible. The surgical cleaning solutions include some alcohol which will cause a greater burning sensation if you have just been shaved. This shaving needs to include the area around the penis that would fall under the shadow of a bagel placed around the penile shaft. It is easier to shave the genital area dry rather than use a shaving cream. This generally is more comfortable as well. Sometimes, if available, an electric beard trimmer can be useful at the start to remove the longer hair before actually beginning the shaving process. Be careful if you chose this route however, as these can leave nasty cuts and usually are more difficult to use effectively. The area shaved should include hair above the penis, beside the penis, and the front part of the scrotum. It is far more comfortable to do this at home than wait for me to do this in our office. If you don’t do it yourself, I will; not some pretty nurse.
If you are not planning to stay in town after the procedure, be sure to freeze TWO bottles of water for the trip home to use as ice packs. You will want to begin using ice packs immediately after the procedure and continue most of the surgical day in 20 minute intervals.
