Planning Your Recovery: A Practical Timeline for Surgical Patients
How to plan time off, help at home, compression garments, staged activity, months of swelling and scar maturation, and when to call after surgery.
Read the guidePatient Resources & Guides Read before you decide.
Guides written to help you understand your options, prepare for a consultation and plan a recovery, in plain language and without a sales pitch. Nothing here replaces a conversation with Dr. Khan; it should make that conversation better.
Featured guide
All guides
Options, preparation and recovery.
Each guide links to the procedure pages it discusses, so you can go deeper where it matters to you.
How to Prepare for Your Plastic Surgery Consultation
What happens in a one-hour plastic surgery consultation, what to bring, in-person versus virtual, how pricing comes up, and how to evaluate any surgeon.
Read
Model Why More Women Are Choosing Awake Plastic Surgery
How awake surgery under local tumescent anesthesia works, which procedures may be done awake at Empowered, and when general anesthesia is the better choice.
Read
Model What Is a Mommy Makeover? A Realistic Guide
A mommy makeover is a customized combination, not a package. How timing, combining versus staging, anesthesia and recovery with kids at home fit together.
Read
Is Botox Right for You? What to Know Before Your First Treatment
What Botox does and does not do, who it may suit, how results unfold over days and months, and why a physician-led practice matters for your first visit.
Read
Model Lip Enhancement: Fillers, Lip Lift, or Both?
Lip filler versus surgical lip lift, compared honestly: what each changes, how long it lasts, recovery, risks, and how to decide which fits your lips.
ReadRequest a consultation
Ready to talk through your options?
Consultation fees are currently waived. Plan on about an hour with Dr. Khan, in person in Sugar Land or virtually, to talk through goals, candidacy and the approach that fits you.
Book a Consultation Online Request a Consultation
New patients can book a consultation; existing patients can book a treatment, follow-up or post-op visit. Opens PatientNow’s secure booking page in a new tab.
Call (281) 716-3224 · Mon–Fri 9 AM–5 PM · Sugar Land, Texas · Virtual consultations available