Will smoking affect my lab work test?

While smoking (presuming tobacco) will not affect your lab work such as with a Chem 7 or CBC, it may have a direct outcome on wound healing as smoking, particularly nicotine, can reduce oxygen to healing tissues.  We recommend you stop all smoking prior to surgery and follow you board certified plastic surgeons perioperative advice.

Hello and thank you for the question.  Smoking should not typically affect routine lab test results.  If you are smoking though, nicotine can be detected in your blood, urine and saliva.  Smoking is not recommended (as you can see below) and you do need to be honest with your surgeon if you are smoking.  Cosmetic surgery is expensive; smoking can potentially ruin the result of a perfectly performed procedure.  My recommendation is to be free of nicotine for four weeks prior to surgery.  Good luck!Sincerely,Dr. Michelle Spring