Cosmetic Surgery Before Portraits

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Recently a client called to cancel their portrait shoot because they didn’t realize the side effects that come with reconstructive surgery.  All reconstructive surgery, even botox, has its complication, and clients should be aware of this when they schedule their portrait session.  Cosmetic surgery can cause some mild to severe side effects.

The side effects can be nausea, blood clots, bruising or simply redness and swelling.  At any rate it’s probably not a good idea to schedule your session for at least a week with botox, and even longer for any other type of cosmetic surgery.  Botox injections can leave redness and swelling, as well as headaches.  It can take at least 3 days for those side effects just to reduce.  Even a simple headache can cause undesirable portraits.

Although your photographer may be a wiz at Photoshop, the results of reconstructive surgery can make the job impossible at times, and it may cost more money in the long run.  Most photographers charge an hourly fee for any extreme retouching of photos.

So just a friendly reminder… if you are planning cosmetic surgery before a photo session, be sure to give yourself enough time to heal (as with any surgery), before scheduling your shoot.

Love, Laughs, and Photographs,

Wendy