i want to get a tummy tuck and I just recently quit smoking about 3 weeks ago, and in those 3 weeks I've had a total of 4 cigarettes (I've been marking it in a calendar). - i exercise 2-3 hrs 4-5 days a week and go to the sauna for about 30 minutes every day I exercise. I read that going to the sauna could help with removing the nicotine from your body....is this true? will lab test results tell if i have nicotine in my body? could the lab results determine if I would be safe for surgery? Regards
February 10, 2015
Answer: No smoking The evidence against smoking (nicotine) is overwhelming. No physician should encourage, support or accept smoking. Smoking affects every aspect of your body and it's ability to heal. Best advice is not to find ways to "trick" the system, because the end result can be a bad outcome for you, and a very unpleasant situation for your surgeon. Please listened to your surgeon's advice.
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February 10, 2015
Answer: No smoking The evidence against smoking (nicotine) is overwhelming. No physician should encourage, support or accept smoking. Smoking affects every aspect of your body and it's ability to heal. Best advice is not to find ways to "trick" the system, because the end result can be a bad outcome for you, and a very unpleasant situation for your surgeon. Please listened to your surgeon's advice.
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February 10, 2015
Answer: Smoking Smoking is a high level risk for all the lift procedures we do--face lift, tummy tuck, breast lift and reduction. The operation itself diminishes blood supply to the healing tissues. Nicotine, by a completely separate mechanism further reduces blood flow to the skin, risking skin death. 3 or 4 cigarettes in 3 weeks may not seem like much, and indeed before surgery it may not be much. After surgery, however, a single cigarette can do permanent damage, and the period of risk is probably about a month.The only way to diminish nicotine levels is to not smoke.All the best.
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February 10, 2015
Answer: Smoking Smoking is a high level risk for all the lift procedures we do--face lift, tummy tuck, breast lift and reduction. The operation itself diminishes blood supply to the healing tissues. Nicotine, by a completely separate mechanism further reduces blood flow to the skin, risking skin death. 3 or 4 cigarettes in 3 weeks may not seem like much, and indeed before surgery it may not be much. After surgery, however, a single cigarette can do permanent damage, and the period of risk is probably about a month.The only way to diminish nicotine levels is to not smoke.All the best.
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