Hello,Thank you for your question. I advice patients absolutely no smoking or alcohol four weeks prior and post surgery. Smoking and alcohol both delay and interfere with the healing process. It is not safe to smoke nicotine and tobacco free cigarettes before and after surgery. I advice pa...
How long to wait before having your nose pierced (if at all) depends a lot on what was done during your surgery.
You should ask your surgeon to let you know the best time to wait that's who knows you and your nose best.
I have made the best experience with temporal fascia.
Harvest can be through an incision in the hair bearing scalp and it is a very good grafting material for the nose.
I have also made very good experience with diced cartilage grafts, combined with fibrin glue and temporal fascia.
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