Why are you told not to smoke after plastic surgery?🚬 Smoking interferes with blood circulation, which slows wound healing and can raise the risk of complications like inflammation or tissue death (necrosis). ✔ Why smoking after surgery is dangerous ✔ How it affects recovery ✔ Why quitting matters A board-certified plastic surgeon explains in detail.
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When you smoke, your blood vessels constrict, and for a wound to heal, the wound area needs a steady supply of blood... in other words, a steady supply of nutrients. So healing is bound to be slower, and the chance of inflammation is bound to go up.
On top of that, when you smoke, the smoke goes right to your nose and eyes, right? With most facial surgeries, the incisions are on the face, so compared to alcohol, it's inevitably a direct hit.
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