Emergency Guides
Ten guides to the complications that can follow surgery, an injectable or an energy-based treatment. Each one explains what is expected, what exceeds it, why the timing matters, and exactly what to do while help is arranged. Read the ones that apply to your procedure before you need them.
10 guides to recognition and action
If you have a red-flag symptom now, do not read further — contact your treating team, call the hospital main line, or go to the nearest emergency department.
- How to Tell an Emergency from a Normal Recovery SymptomEmergency Basics
- Vascular Occlusion After an Injectable: Minutes MatterInjection Emergencies
- Infection After Surgery or an InjectableInfection
- Bleeding and Haematoma After SurgeryBleeding
- Blood Clots After Surgery: DVT and Pulmonary EmbolismClot Risk
- Breathing Problems After Surgery or SedationBreathing
- Flap or Graft Compromise: Reading Colour, Temperature and RefillTissue Survival
- Eye Emergencies After Periocular or Facial ProceduresEye Emergencies
- Burns and Blistering After Laser or Energy TreatmentLaser Aftercare
- Preparing Before You Need It: Contacts, Documents and the Route to CareEmergency Planning
Do not wait for a scheduled appointment with a red-flag symptom
If you have had a procedure and are unsure whether a symptom is ordinary, telephone your treating team. If you cannot reach them and you are worried, call the hospital main line or attend the nearest emergency department. Calling early is not an overreaction, and the pages on this site explain which signs mean now rather than later.