Can anyone tell me if a nicotine test would be done at a pre op for BA or on the morning of surgery?

I do not check a nicotine test prior to breast augmentation surgery. You would need to check with your surgeon if they plan to check one.I hope this helps.- Dr. Bryson Richards

In my practice everyone gets tested on the day of surgery. If you are having a breast lift, facelift, tummy tuck and are positive for nicotine on the day of surgery then unfortunately your surgery is cancelled. If you are positive and you are having liposuction or breast augmentation I will still proceed with your procedure.
Nicotine can reduce the blood supply and inhibit healing so for obvious reasons we would prefer if everyone stop smoking prior to surgery but when we elevate tissues such as in a facelift or a breast lift we dramatically change the blood supply so we don’t want to add in another reduction in blood supply with smoking.