5 Reasons For Quitting Smoking Before Breast Augmentation

Lung cancer is associated with smoking, everyone knows that. But did you know that smoking has an effect on breast augmentation? Did you know there were so many reasons for your doctor to advise your stopping smoking if you plan to undergo a breast augmentation? If not, read on to learn about the six reasons you need to stop smoking before getting those breast implants.

1. Increased carbon monoxide in the bloodstream

Carbon monoxide emitted from carbon-based substances is quickly absorbed into the bloodstream when a smoker lights up. This is unhealthy as the higher is the blood’s carbon monoxide level, the higher the smoker’s cardiovascular disease level.

Moreover, carbon monoxide has a negative effect on the blood’s oxygen levels which is risky for a breast augmentation patient. This is why women need to stop smoking well before their surgery to ensure a safe surgery and recovery.

2. Vasoconstrictor and surgery- a no-no

The active ingredient in tobacco, nicotine is what makes it so difficult for smokers to kick the habit, and is also responsible for reducing blood flow to the body’s tissues. It is because of these types of chemical vasoconstrictors that there is an increase in the systemic blood pressure levels and also localized reduction of blood flow through the body.

If you don’t stop smoking before your breast augmentation, this dangerous vascoconstrictor and the surgical incisions made during surgery can leave your delicate breast tissues at significant risk.

3. Increased chances of capsular contracture

As smoking reduces the blood oxygen level, the healing process slows down and inflammation sets in. both or either of these conditions leads to higher chances of developing capsular contracture where there is an abnormal growth of extra scar tissue growth around the implants which has to be corrected only through surgery.

4. Collagen breakdown

Collagen plays an important part in making your skin look as young as possible as it is important for the skin’s structural proteins and supportive tissues. In a normal human being, about one percent of collagen is lost per year.

However in the case of smokers, the process is much quicker. So if you want to experience the best results of your breast augmentation surgery, its better if you stop smoking as soon as possible.

5. Higher risk of developing anesthesia complications

This is a risk smokers face with all types of surgery, and not only breast augmentation. This is why anesthesiologists and plastic surgeons suggest that smokers be completely smoke-free before undergoing any major operation. This is the best way to reduce any risks and dangerous complications arising with the heart and lungs.

All this points to only one direction- if you need to undergo any surgery, it’s better for your own health if you stop smoking. Of course, smoking itself is a bad habit which everyone has to stop. If you plan to have surgery, being smoke-free is the best preparation you can make for a complication free breast augmentation surgery, or any surgery for that matter!