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I Keep Smoking Till 8 Hours Before my Surgery How I Can Know Now That my Nose Skin Now Dies or Any Damage Caused?

I had rhinoplasty last Thursday which took 3 hours and tho my surgeon knows that I'm smoker he didn't tell me anything about stopping smoking because healing process ... And I didn't know as well ... Just afraid surgery I start reading articles and now I'm worry and don't know what do to ... And actually 18 month ago I had another surgery for fixing broken bones (26)in nose and also breathing problem and it took 4 and half hours and that time i wasn't smoker , I started smoking last year

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Smoking and rhinoplasty surgery

In general, you will want to avoid smoking at least 6 weeks before and 6 weeks after surgery. Nicotine itself is a vasoconstrictor. When vasoconstriction takes place, surface area inside the blood vessels decreases. This results in poor blood flow and a rise in blood pressure. In effect, healing is greatly compromised. I would highly recommend refraining from any additional smoking, as it can have a negative impact on your healing. It would be a good idea to follow up with your surgeon to... more

Smoking and surgery

Smoking and surgery do not mix. Smoking increases wound healing problems significantly. I usually tell patients to at least stop 4 weeks prior and continue 4 weeks after.

Steven Wallach, MD

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Manhattan Plastic Surgeon

Smoking and rhinoplasty

It his best to stop smoking approximately 2 weeks before and 2 weeks after a rhinoplasty for optimal healing. tobacco smoke will return to internal healing process of the nose.

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If the skin has not died after a few days, most of the time the risk of flap death is small. You may end up with healing problems, and you really should inform your plastic surgeon and stop smoking immediately. Kenneth Hughes, MD Los Angeles, CA

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