After being smoke free for 7 weeks, I relapsed 1 day last weekand had 3 cigarettes. My relapse happened 8 days ago and I have 2 days remaining until my operation day. Would you recommend to your patients to reschedule? Am I pretty ok to proceed?
June 16, 2016
Answer: Smoking Relapse and Breast Lift This is completely up to your Plastic Surgeon, but it is very important that you discuss your relapse with him or her. Each of us has our own way of handling smoking in the time period immediately before and after surgery. Unfortunately, the risks of wound healing problems and skin loss is very real in someone who has been smoking and is having certain procedures including breast lift. It is in your best interest to be upfront about this with your surgeon.
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June 16, 2016
Answer: Smoking Relapse and Breast Lift This is completely up to your Plastic Surgeon, but it is very important that you discuss your relapse with him or her. Each of us has our own way of handling smoking in the time period immediately before and after surgery. Unfortunately, the risks of wound healing problems and skin loss is very real in someone who has been smoking and is having certain procedures including breast lift. It is in your best interest to be upfront about this with your surgeon.
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March 28, 2017
Answer: Smoking Before Breast Lift Surgery....? Absolutely not safe! There is always a chance of having healing problems. Some surgeries have a higher risk then others. Breast Lift has a higher risk than Breast implants. But, when you add breast implants to breast Lift, then the risk of healing problems goes up even higher! Now! What type of healing problems does this refer to? Skin necrosis, nipple necrosis and infections! In smokers, this risk is ever higher!!! Even 1 cigarettes within a month of surgery can increase your risks! I've never had any healing issues in non smokers, but I have seen these things in patients who, at the time of surgery denied touching cigarettes for a month, then after surgery, when healing issues began, admitted to just having one or two cigarettes in the prior week or two! It's not worth losing a nipple over a cigarette or two, is it?!?! This is real! NO SMOKING! Or, possibly NO NIPPLES!
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March 28, 2017
Answer: Smoking Before Breast Lift Surgery....? Absolutely not safe! There is always a chance of having healing problems. Some surgeries have a higher risk then others. Breast Lift has a higher risk than Breast implants. But, when you add breast implants to breast Lift, then the risk of healing problems goes up even higher! Now! What type of healing problems does this refer to? Skin necrosis, nipple necrosis and infections! In smokers, this risk is ever higher!!! Even 1 cigarettes within a month of surgery can increase your risks! I've never had any healing issues in non smokers, but I have seen these things in patients who, at the time of surgery denied touching cigarettes for a month, then after surgery, when healing issues began, admitted to just having one or two cigarettes in the prior week or two! It's not worth losing a nipple over a cigarette or two, is it?!?! This is real! NO SMOKING! Or, possibly NO NIPPLES!
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