Will resuming vaping at a low nicotine dose 2 weeks after a facelift damage my healing?

Hello,There is no precise data, but your facial tissues are still very much in a compromised state. Vaping will not be in the best interest of your healing, or your skin in general. You should take this opportunity to end your addiction.Best of luck!

Thanks for the question. I suggest you should meet your Board Certified Surgeon to talk this situation. Because it's better to wait 4-6 weeks, your operation area trying to get healed. Then after yes, you can do smoke and drink. I wish you all the best.

The best candidates for Lite Lift™ and other facelift surgery have a face and neck line beginning to sag, but whose skin has elasticity and whose bone structure is well defined and do not smoke Additionally, smoking  and vaping may increase a chance of surgical complications and affect your #healing and the end result of your surgery. It's best to call your plastic #surgeon to better clarify. It's important to implement healthy lifestyle choices to not only prolong your surgical results, but most importantly, to reduce your risk of illness and disease which will impact your health. If you find it difficult to quit #smoking or #vaping, speak to your physician who can provide information and programs that are properly designed to help you quit.

The best advice for this question is to ask your surgeon.  He or she is the only one who knows how aggressive was the procedure you had two weeks ago.General advice is to avoid all nicotine products 4 weeks before and 4 weeks after the lift.  Risks are 12 times higher including loss of circulation to the skin (gangrene) with nicotine use.Some doctors will do a 'mini' facelift with less dissection on smokers to possible avoid those complications.  My thought is why would someone want mini results from a mini lift?  Avoiding nicotine would enable a surgeon to do a more aggressive lift which would last longer.Dr Spies

Thank you for your question.  I would ask your surgeon about this.  Nicotine causes the small and large blood vessels in the face to shrink, which dramatically reduces its blood supply.  This could lead to skin sloughing (or thinning), and in the most severe cases can cause skin necrosis (skin death).   It may be safe to restart your e-cigarette; however, only your surgeon knows how well you are healing. I hope that this helps!-David Gilpin

No data on vaping and facelifts is available.At two weeks you have pretty good healing, but another week would most likely be better.

Hello bbs2015,Thank you for your questions.  The shortest answer is no nicotine at all for a minimum of 4 weeks after this type of procedure, and definitely wait even longer for better scarring and best overall result. Nicotine has extremely detrimental effects on wound healing.  If you have further questions, I would encourage you to discuss them at length with your plastic surgeon.Best wishes during your recovery!Dr. Brown

I inform all my patients on the wound healing risks of nicotine- cigarettes, gum, vaping etc.If you were my patient I would suggest you wait until you are completely healed. Nicotine causes wound healing problems and you just paid for and are now healing from a surgery. It is my opinion that it is in your best cosmetic interest to delay nicotine.  

That is a great and honest question. And a very
important one to be honest with your surgeon about. Some patients will cover up
their smoking and all that can do is cause higher risk for increased healing issues.
Nicotine in the tissue causes blood vessels to constrict and decrease the blood
flow to the tissue as you are healing. The blood flow to the tissue is very
important to heal properly or you can end up with open wounds, healing issues
and even dead tissue. These are very serious complications that can be avoided
by not having nicotine present in the system for 6 to 8 weeks before and after
the procedure. This is especially important in surgeries that require more
disruption of the blood vessels.
In order to have adequate circulation, we must not only leave enough blood
vessels intact, but must also make sure that the blood flows through these
blood vessels is sufficient. Certain things can affect
this blood flow and the biggest and baddest of these is cigarette smoke.
Although nicotine in the cigarette smoke and in vaping is the most dangerous element, the
carbon monoxide and the hydrogen cyanide don’t help much either.Nicotine Prevents Healing Well
Nicotine causes the blood vessels to constrict which means they decrease in
their size (diameter) and blood flow thorough them drops off. The nicotine can
also make the blood clot more easily which can further clog small blood vessels
and capillaries. All in all, these effects are extremely serious because they
decrease the blood supply to the tissues, can result in wounds not healing, and
can result in some devastating complications.You are doing well, why add on another risk? I advise to never Vape or smoke again since you have made such a huge stride to stop already!! Congratulate yourself and protect your results and health for the long run!!!

Hello Bbs2015,Nicotine causes blood vessels to shrink.  During the healing phase, you want blood vessels to get larger to allow for better healing and blood flow.  When you can resume really depends on how you are healing.  If there have been no issues with the skin healing and no discoloration to the skin that was lifted, you would probably be ok.  However, you really need to clear this with your surgeon to avoid affecting your face lift result.I hope this helps and good luck.