The patient's editionBefore · During · After
Explore trusted information, practical preparation guides, and recovery resources for your plastic surgery experience in Miami.
Use the planning guides first, then compare care, coverage and transport options.
Three stages, each with its own decisions. Start where you are — most readers begin months before surgery, and come back during recovery.
Check the surgeon and the operating room yourself, fix what your labs show, and book where you'll recover.
Arriving in Miami, the in-person exam the day before, fasting, and getting home safely — you can't take a rideshare alone after anesthesia.
“Planning the trip around your recovery — not around cheap flights — is one of the simplest ways to lower your risk.”From our travel guide
Drains, fajas, lymphatic massage and the first two weeks — plus the signs that mean you should call your surgeon or 911.
Before surgery · 6 min read
Who actually operates, who gives anesthesia, what the price includes, and who answers the phone at 2 a.m. on day three.
Preparation
Nicotine, hemoglobin, and the medications surgeons ask you to pause.
Prescriptions
Antibiotics, anti-nausea, pain relief, blood thinners — what each one is for.
Accommodation
There is still no Florida license for recovery homes. Here's what to check.
Transportation
Airport choice, surgery-day rides and sitting after a BBL.
Your room
An interactive checklist, from bed pads to the BBL pillow.
Five things to settle before surgery day, so the first week is about rest. Nothing here is for sale — it's what patients and care teams most often say gets overlooked.
Fill prescriptions before surgery day, or arrange delivery to where you'll recover.
Garments in the right size, foam boards, bed pads and drain supplies — ready before you need them.
A written schedule and a pill organizer. Doses are easy to double or miss when you're groggy.
Where you'll sleep, how you'll shower, who's with you overnight for the first 72 hours.
Drain care, when to start massage, when to switch garments, when you can fly.
MIA is closest to most practices; FLL is often cheaper but adds 30–60 minutes in traffic. Land two or three days before surgery.
Travel guideRecovery houses bundle meals, rides and caregivers. Ask for the street address, license number and who's there overnight.
16 listedFor hotels, Airbnbs and home. RN, LPN and CNA are very different levels of training — check which you're booking.
13 listedSurgery centers won't release you to a solo rideshare. Book a driver who handles airport, pre-op and post-op trips.
7 listedWidely used after lipo and BBL — only once your surgeon approves, and only with a Florida-licensed therapist.
22 listedSeveral Miami pharmacies deliver to hotels and recovery houses, and can walk you through a first injection.
1 listedFrom Doral and Hialeah Gardens to Coral Gables, Brickell and Aventura — addresses and phones checked, licenses still yours to verify.
154 listedFlorida's license portal, FloridaHealthFinder and the American Board of Plastic Surgery — free, and the only sources that count.
How to verify
Safety
Print it for whoever is caring for you. Breathing problems are never a wait-and-see.
Travel
Recovery
From the first 72 hours to final results.
Procedures
Aftercare
Emptying, logging, and when they come out.
Money
Package prices, the extras patients forget, and deferred-interest financing.
Aftercare
Patient voices
Find practical resources to help you plan with confidence — and the questions worth asking before anyone takes a deposit.
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