breast reduction surgery and smoking?

Question

I am going in for a breat reduction surgery two weeks from today and was told to quit smoking four weeks in advance. I was doing very well considering i smoked over a pack a day a month ago... but here is the question I had a bad day yesterday and smoked 3 and now i am worried about my surgery. Has anyone cheated and smoked prior to a breast reduction surgery? If so were there side effects? Also if anyone has had a breast reduction done what size were you and did you go to ? cause I am scared I will wake up with no chest and be depressed! I am going from a g cup to a small d or large c dup.

Answer 1

On your cigarette smoking,I would call your doctor.We wouldn't want you to end up with a bigger butt.

Answer 2

i didn't have a breast reduction, but i did have implants done.. i know, opposite ends of the spectrum.. i went for an A to a D. But anyway, i smoked all the way up to the surgery, including the morning of, and i was perfectly fine. I was told that age and weight has something to do with it, i am 21 and weight about 110 lbs., but i had no complications with the smoking at all. However, after surgery, i didn't smoke for like 3 days because the medication made me nauseous and smoking made me even worse.

Answer 3

Surgeons take smoking so seriously so it would be best if you did not smoke anymore until your surgery.
If you smoke after your surgery you will take longer to heal and from what I have heard, researched and seen the scarring is a lot worse and prominent if you continue smoking.

You should have already received all your hospital information which details into why you shouldn't smoke, etc. It might be worth re reading it all.

Anyway I went from a 34G to a 34DD and love the results!!! Perky, small, round breasts. They are fantastic now

Answer 4

I don't smoke, but a friend of mine's mother did before she had her surgery and they just told her to not have one for a week. I would call your doctor and ask what you can do to ensure that you don't have one.

Oh, BTW, I had a breast reduction. I went from a GG to a D. And there I was lying in bed and had seven different male surgical residents under 25 come and touch them, seeing if I had any "sensation". LOL...yup, and they were HOTT!!!!! Best damn thing I ever did!

Answer 5

It's recommended to help reduce the risk of fatal (or otherwise) blood clots occuring after surgery. Your surgeon will be suspicious if you have a stroke and never walk or talk again. But he won't tell you off for not giving up smoking! You need to see the pharmacist and get some nicotine replacement therapy. Giving up now will make a huge benefit to your life.

Answer 6

My aunt got the surgery a couple of years ago and she is a heavy smoker. If she quit smoking, I am not 100 percent sure. I would suggest that you continue to follow the directions that have been given to you though. She probably cheated too. Quit smoking the cig sticks all together.

Answer 7

Nooooooo, you need to tell your doctor so he can decide what to do about the surgery date, you could have SERIOUS health recovery consequences.

You could mess up how you heal. I've seen pictures of smokers who caved in and had a smoke and how horrible their recovery was.

Please let the doctor know.

I went from a 38J to a 38C (NONsmoker) in Feb 2006 and do not regret it one bit.

Please check out this site:

http://www.breasthealthonline.com

Especially this:

http://www.breasthealthonline.org/cgi-bin/mwf/topic_show.pl?tid=10837

Answer 8

You would do best to call the doctors office and ask this question. It may be important to your surgical procedure. Good luck to you