Does chewing Nicorette gum before facial surgery impair healing.

 Nicotine in any form can impair the healing process with any type of facial plastic, cosmetic, or reconstructive surgery.

Nicorette gum has nicotine in it, and nicotine causes blood vessel constriction. Surgeons recommend that patients avoid products with nicotine in them prior to surgery.

Pure nicotine, though perhaps not as dangerous to your health as smoking, still causes unacceptable spasm an diminished blood flow in blood vessels in any procedure that requires the elevation and repositioning of skin. This includes: facelift/necklift, rhinoplasty, breast lift, breast reduction, tummy tuck, and many reconstructive procedures that involve skin and muscle flaps.  This is a must to properly prepare for facial surgery.  I hope that this helps.

Most facial surgery reduces the blood supply to the tissues. This is especially true with facelifts and blepharoplasties. Nicotine in any form, including cigarettes, other tobacco products, nicotine gum, electronic cigarettes, etc., also reduces blood supply to tissues. The combination markedly increases the risks of the surgery including wound healing, infection and tissue loss. I will not do any facial procedure on anyone who has used any form of nicotine within a month of surgery.