Would smoking straight after breast implants affect on my healing?

The risks of smoking are well known. Its detrimental effects on healing and the risks for contracture are unfortunately all too familiar to plastic surgeons. I generally recommend smoking cessation prior to surgery and encourage patients to continue for at least 3 months post op (both for healing and for general health and well being).Smoking cessation is challenging but the rewards from a global health perspective make it more than wroth the effort. An occasional transgression is not likely to have any long term ill effects. Hwoever, I encourage you to stick with it as the benefits will last long after your healing is complete.As always, discuss with your board certified plastic surgeon and be honest.Best of luck going forward.

Thanks for the question. You should wait 4-6 weeks because your operation area trying to get healed. Then after yes you can do smoke and drink. I wish you all the best.

Most experts unanimously agree that smoking increases the rate of breast augmentation surgical complications significantly. Just about all plastic surgeons strongly recommend women to stop smoking and all nicotine products well in advance of breast augmentation with breast implants. Many plastic surgeons recommend stopping all tobacco products several months prior to surgery.Here is the reason why: the nicotine in cigarettes and other tobacco products (including Nicorette gum, patches, etc) is a vasoconstrictor, meaning it makes the Smoking is a significant multiplier of many potential complications following surgery and breast augmentation with implants are no exception. Nicotine from smoking causes blood vessels to vasoconstrict ( tighten up). Over time, these constricted arteries and capillaries deliver less blood to the breast tissue which is needed for normal healing. Smokers therefore have an increased incidence of higher likelihood of complications such as infection, and in particular capsular contracture (hardening and distortion of the implants). General complications of surgery such as blood clots, anesthetic problems such as pneumonia are also increased. A scientific article in the Archives of Internal Medicine indicated that, among all forms of surgery, quitting smoking eight weeks prior was never associated with an increased risk of complications.In young patients you will probably statistically avoid these complications, why tempt fate by increasing your odds that something bad will happen.On a long term basis, smoking also causes accelerated aging of the skin and loss of elasticity. Hopefully these reasons will help give you the will power and courage to stop smoking.