JoAnna Nguyen, MD
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon & Reconstructive Surgeon
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Co-authored Articles (5)
How to
Reduce Abdominal Swelling After a Surgery
You can reduce swelling after abdominal surgery by properly caring for the incision site and by being gentle on your digestive system. Follow all of your doctor's or nurse's advice about keeping your wound clean and infe...
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Scrub In for Surgery
Operating rooms must always remain sterile environments to protect patients from being exposed to harmful bacteria during medical procedures. Being exposed to these bacteria during a medical procedure could lead to an in...
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What can you do to make your recovery easier after a procedure like liposuction?
If you have liposuction surgery scheduled or you’ve already had the procedure done, taking the right steps now can really help make your recovery easier. In this video, plastic surgeon JoAnna Nguyen shares her best lip...
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How does recovery for a facial plastic surgery procedure compare to that of an abdominal one?
All types of plastic surgery involve some kind of recovery period, but what exactly that recovery looks like varies depending on the procedure. The recoveries for facial and abdominal plastic surgery share some similarit...
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What are the most important things to consider before getting plastic surgery?
Plastic surgery can improve your confidence and help you feel more comfortable in your own body. Undergoing surgery is a big decision though, and you always want to make sure you’ve really thought everything through. T...