Is smoking marijuana 1 week before deep plane Facelift dangerous?

Vaping with nicotine is definitely dangerous before and after surgery.Marajuana is less likely to cause problems. Why even take chances???

Everything depends.  Probably not directly to the facelift surgery, but smoking in general and marijuana in particular, implies injury to the lungs, more risk of respiratory complications, bronchitis, coughing, increased blood pressure, hematoma under the flap and skin necrosis. This chain of events could be interrupted by discussing this in detail with your plastic surgeon two months before the procedure and stopping all inhalant products at least six weeks before surgery to give your lungs time to recover. There may be other products in marijuana that decrease blood flow to the skin, such as carbon monoxide, just as in tobacco products. Set yourself up for success and prepare yourself in a healthful way for surgery.

There's a lot that we don't know about marijuana smoking regardless of the delivery mechanism before facelift. I think it would be wise to follow the advice of your plastic surgeon. Most surgeons generally want patients to see smoking at least two weeks prior to elective cosmetic surgery. This will probably be a reasonably good guideline from our want to as well.

There's very little scientific evidence to say whether marijuana smoke is harmful for wound healing or if it is not.  In other words, it may or may not be, but there's no way to know for sure.  We do know that cigarette smoking is certainly bad for wound healing.  To be safe, we ask our New Jersey plastic surgery patients to avoid all smoking for several weeks before surgery.

smoking before faceliftswe don't have specific information on marijuana smoke and surgery but any smoke may be harmful and certainly not of benefit.we ask our patients to stop all supplements 2 weeks before

While the detrimental effects of tobacco use on surgical outcomes are well known, there is not a great deal of literature on marijuna smoking.  That said, if you would like your surgery to go as well as possible and to decrease your risks of adverse outcomes, I would avoid any and all forms of smoking prior to your surgery.

Here are the major points of smoking Tobacco or Marijuana before or after surgery:1. There is nicotine in tobacco, but not in marijuana. However, most joints are rolled with marijuana and tobacco combination. Nicotine is a vasoconstrictor that decreases blood flow to the tissues. This is the major problems that can cause a very bad outcome in some surgeries. In a breast augmentation, there is not a lot of risk as there are not a lot of incisions which decrease blood flow to the tissues. In a breast lift or tummy tuck, on the other hand, there is much longer and more involved incisions. The decrease in blood flow to the tissues in combination with the decrease in blood flow from the nicotine can cause tissue to die. This can cause part of the breast or nipple, or in the case of a tummy tuck, part of the belly tissue to die, resulting in a very bad outcome. This is especially bad in breast reductions or face lifts. In a rhinoplasty the tip of the nose and the columella, the area between the tip and the lip, is at risk. Your skin and tissue can turn black and fall off if this happens. Marijuana without tobacco does not cause this problem, or marijuana in an edible fashion. Vaporizers do not decrease the amount of nicotine in tobacco, only decrease the smoke. Hookah also does not decrease nicotine.2. There is carbon monoxide in both tobacco smoke and marijuana smoke. Carbon monoxide decreases the oxygen carrying capacity of hemoglobin in the blood. This is different from the vasoconstrictor effect, but has the same result of having the risk of tissue death in conjunction with surgeries that decrease the blood flow to tissues such as breast lifts and tummy tucks, as opposed to an augmentation alone that does not decrease blood flow to as great of an extent. Again, edible forms of marijuana do not have smoke, and thus carbon monoxide poisoning.3. Coughing. Both tobacco and marijuana smoke disrupt the lining of the lungs and bronchi and can lead to coughing episodes. Coughing episodes can lead to internal bleeding after surgery that can lead to hematomas and complications, and again a bad outcome. Again, edible forms of marijuana does not have this effect.4. Anesthesia effects. Marijuana can have drug interactions with certain anesthetic drugs. Thus it is important to tell your anesthesiologist about your marijuana use.In conclusion, Smoking, whether it be tobacco or marijuana, is detrimental to your surgery outcome. Edible marijuana is much less so, but be honest about your use with your surgeon and anesthesiologist so that you can have the best outcome. In general, you should quite smoking many weeks, ideally 6 weeks before surgery, and not smoke for at least 2 weeks after surgery.Best wishes,Pablo Prichard, MD

Facelift surgery involves elevating the skin and supporting structures and repositioning them in a tighter position. This places stress on the tissues. For optimal healing good blood circulation and tissue nutrients are essential. In addition, most facelift procedures are performed under anesthesia. Smoking any material will decrease the amount of oxygen in your blood, most likely increase carbon monoxide, and may affect your microcirculation. I advise my patients to avoid smoking of any material at least 2 weeks prior to surgery to minimize risk.

As a Facial Plastic Surgeon in Denver, Colorado, I am often asked about the effects of Marijuana and surgery. The effects of Marijuana on healing are unknown. There is one study showing that healing around titanium dental implants is harmed when marijuana smoke is inhaled.  However, this study was done in rats and was looking at smoke, not vaporized THC.The truth is, no one can answer your question with any supporting data. Undoubtedly, many of my patients use Marijuana after my surgeries and I can tell you that I don't have any more frequent complications than my colleagues in states where MJ is illegal. Of course, this is anecdotal and is NOT scientific fact. To best answer your question, a study needs to be undertaken looking at healing in those who do and don't use cannabis postoperatively.  Until then, our recommendation is to steer clear of anything that has the potential to disrupt wound healing.

Smoking marijuana and cigarettes releases nicotine into the bloodstream which is a vasoconstrictor and  does not allow good blood flow to the tissues. In addition, smokers have a higher carbon monoxide component in the bloodstream which preferentially binds to the red blood cells and does not allow good oxygenation to the tissues as well. For maximum healing it's best to not be smoking at least one month before and after a surgical procedure such as a facelift. For many examples of facelifts in our practice, please see the link below