How long do I need to stop smoking cigarettes before I can get BBL/lipo fat transfer?

Smoking can be very dangerous due to complications that patients can encounter after their procedure. Healing process might be delayed as a result of the nicotine on the patients system. Every time I have a smoker in my office I highly recommend for them to stop smoking two weeks prior to surgery and very important not to smoke three to four weeks after surgery depending on the procedure. I make it very clear that they would be tested before their surgery. There are multiple risk involved when doing a fat transfer on a smoker. First, and most important the probabilities of infection are very high. Second, the risk of loosing most or all the fat that was injected.

I have to share with you that smoking cause the blood vessels to collapse and prevent the blood circulation to reach the tissues and heal properly. Talking about the fat transference the chances of absorption will be higher.So I would highly recommend to stop at least 2 months prior and take this as the perfect reason to quit smoking.Dr. Cardenas

Hi, you should stop smoking at least a month prior to the surgery and continue the same for another month after it. If you do that, it would be wiser to kick the habit in toto

   Smoking should cease about a month before surgery and for as long as possible after surgery to reduce complications.Kenneth Hughes, MDBeverly Hills, CA

Smoking days before your
surgery is something that nobody should do at all. In fact, smoker patients should pause it, at
least, 2 months prior surgery, and until a month after surgery (this time frame
can vary).
I don't know for how long you've been smoking,
but I recommend you to consult a Specialist before your surgery, to check your
lungs and make sure you're healthy for this procedure. It would be good for
your Surgeon to have a clearance before proceeding to operate.

Hello dear!
Thanks for the question and provided information as well.​
​Smoking before or after your surgery can increase your risk of developing complications, including infection and wound healing problems. I recommend my patients that it is ideal to stop at least 6 weeks before surgery and then 6 weeks more after surgery.
If you have any concerns, please follow up close with your plastic surgeon.
Good luck :)

Ideally, we prefer that our patients be 100% tobacco free 4 weeks before and 4 weeks after surgery. Some procedures are more liable to nicotine effects than are others. Tummy tuck and breast lift/reduction are 2 examples. The beautiful thing about BBL is that it allows you to
lose fat from the areas where you have more than enough, while adding that same
fat to the areas where you do not have enough! That way both the donor and the
recipient sites improve. I have been doing buttock implant surgery for 20+
years with very nice results and few complications. Nonetheless, I do now
recommend BBL to patients who have sufficient donor site fat to achieve a
result that meets their expectations. I have found that we can transfer a much
greater volume of fat than the volume of implant that we can place into the
inter-muscular pockets that I use (beneath the Gluteus Maximus and above the
Gluteus Medius & Minimus muscles. In rare cases, we can even place an
implant at a later date to maximize volume. Fat can be placed throughout the
buttocks region while gluteal implants are used in the upper buttocks. I do not
place buttock implants where my patient would sit on them because that would
increase the risk of complications. Lastly, some patients think that if they
put on weight that we will get a better result. The problem is that if you then
lose that weight, the grafted fat will also likely be lost in proportion to
your weight loss.  Good luck!