 [ Symptoms ] what are the things that i can do to recover more quickly from cosmetic surgery [ Disease ] well patients do have an influence on their own recovery the first is please follow our instructions and if you are having pain take a pain medicine because if you do not and you are trying to be stoic your blood pressure is going to go up as a result of pain and that can translate into more bruising for example at worse it can cause such increased bleeding under the skin that the wound can just pop apart so follow the instructions secondly please do not smoke we hope you never smoke but for sure do not smoke after surgery it delays the healing and it compromises lung function there is not a single good thing you can say about smoking only bad thirdly do not lay around the house and do nothing with cosmetic surgery you do not need to be bed bound by more than one day or so by the next day you can be up and about now you may not want to go to an amusement park but you can certainly take a walk around your house if the weather is nice go out get some fresh air why because if you do not if you just lay around the house you are going to be subject to constipation a very practical issue you have got to get moving because you have been taking some pain pills perhaps most pain pills will produce some level of constipation you counter that by getting up getting around and by the way drink lots of fluids drink fruit juices again we tell everybody this it is in writing this is what they should do we tell them what they should not do what they should not do is go back to the health club three days later and start pumping iron because the blood pressure is going to go up again elevated blood pressure after surgery is one of our greatest enemies because of the bruising issue and the bleeding issue so it is generally 10 days before you can go back to your health club and maybe even 2 weeks depending on how things are going but we will be monitoring and again because we are going to see the patient often particularly after the bigger procedures we are going to see them several times the first week we are going to be asking these questions every day how is it going are you out and about are you getting a little fresh air are you moving your body parts how is it going in the constipation or no constipation department how are you eating occasionally somebody they just stop eating for whatever reason not a good idea why you need protein you need carbohydrates your body has to repair itself we are big on vitamins as long as they are the right vitamins and we know about them and we are big on just plain old good old nutrition what role does sleep have in