🚬If you’re a smoker thinking about plastic surgery, then you’re probably curious about the affects it can have on the procedure. This is something you’ll discuss with your plastic surgeon, and you’ll be told that the best thing you can do is put a stop to the smoking due to the complications that can arise with your surgery. 🚬What happens if I smoke and have plastic surgery? Your plastic surgeon will advise that you stop smoking both before and after the cosmetic procedure so that the risk of tissue death can be limited. If you neglect this advice and continue to smoke, then the area of your face or body that is operated on will be in real danger of being lost. 🚬By lost, I mean quite literally. For example, a patient who smokes or consumes nicotine in any form and undergoes a breast augmentation or breast reduction procedure is at risk of experiencing tissue death which can result in the nipples discolouring before falling off. A facelift could result in the loss of cheek skin, and ...