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.

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 :)

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