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Hello, I have recently had the fat transfer procedure to my penis. Would smoking A) Effect the survival of the fatty tissue and B) Cause the fat to migrate to my scrotum?

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Fat injections and smoking

any time a graft is done, whether a skin graft or fat graft, smoking is known to be a detriment as it may interfere with oxygenation of the new cells which is needed until they develop their own blood supply. I do not think that smoking would contribute to scrotal swelling in your case but there may be a lot of swelling in the scrotum after penile fat injections in non-smokers.
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Fat transfer and smoking

Nicotine is a drug that causes vasoconstriction.  That means it prevents optimal blood supply to the fat cells that require nutrition, glucose, oxygen, etc.  Thus it can significantly affect your outcome nad fat survival.  In terms of fat cell migration, it is unlikely to have any relationship to the smoking.
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Smoking and survival of Penile Fat Grafts

Cigarette smoke contains hundreds of toxins in addition to nicotine. The overall effect of smoke is a narrowing to an obliteration of blood flow in skin and especially in the skin of extremities (which includes the digits, ears, nose and penis). I am not going to question the logic underlying fat grafting of the penis to increase width. The operation has multiple complications and as a result is not done by most surgeons. Using different implants in this location has been equally... more

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