Smoking--is Less Worthless?
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Latest answer by Peter A. Aldea, MD
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I researched smoking and surgery and was very upset to read the doctor who found smokers "stupid" despite his own past habit.Can we leave off on the value judgments and merely answer my question?(a "stupid" Ivy League B.A.,J.D., Ph.D,and smoker): If I cut down to bare minimum(2 cigs a day)will that decrease my risk of complications after surgery or must I completely stop? In other words, does the risk decrease with cigs smoked, or is it an all-or-nothing proposition (ie 2 packs/day=2 cigs/day)?
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Smoking and Cosmetic surgery
Regarding 'I researched smoking and surgery and was very upset to read the doctor who found smokers "stupid" despite his own past habit.Can we leave off on the value judgments and merely answer my question?(a "stupid" Ivy League B.A.,J.D., Ph.D,and smoker): If I cut down to bare minimum(2 cigs a day)will that decrease my risk of complications after surgery or must I completely stop? In other words, does the risk decrease with cigs smoked, or is it an...
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Wound healing can be impaired by cigarette smoking
No one can truly answer that question in it's entirety but, YES, even one cigarette can effect wound healing and produce undesireable outocmees,
Otto Joseph Placik, MD
Chicago Plastic Surgeon
Chicago Plastic Surgeon