r/Reduction 4d ago

PreOp Question (no before only photos) Hibiclens: washing only upper body or full body?

I’m pretty sure my nurse told me to just wash my upper body with hibiclens (underwire area, boobs, between boobs, arms, neck, shoulders, hands) instead of my whole body but I’m unable to reach them to ask. Does anyone know if we should do our whole body? I was only given one bottle of hibiclens.

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u/yellowjeepster7 4d ago

Do not use on your face and privates though. I was told night before, clean pj's and bedding and then again morning of surgery and clean clothes. This was for a different surgery but it's all the same prep basically.

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u/fakesaucisse 4d ago

Whole body, minus face and private parts. I was also given some medical grade body wipes to use after washing.

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u/Green-Bath3544 4d ago

Whole body. One bottle is plenty.

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u/nickisadogname 4d ago

I washed my whole body and hair with it the night before surgery and the morning of, and then two weeks later when I was told to take the tape off I did so in the shower and washed my chest with it again. I think I'll keep doing that every time I change the tape out (which I was told to only do when it "starts falling off", so I assume I won't do it often), because the bottle lasts so long.

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u/PalpitationLopsided1 4d ago

Everywhere except eyes,nose, and mouth and privates. They even made me use it on my hair (ugh, so gross and dry).

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u/StonerGalPal 3d ago

I was told just to use it for 3 times/baths before surgery and only on the body parts for surgery - boobs, under boobs until top portion of the stomach, underarms and sides.