smoking affect on the healing process in cosmetic surgery
Posted on September 16th, 2008 by Christopher K. Livingston, M.D., F.A.C.S., P.A.
Besides the adversarial effects of smoking on the skin, lung, heart, brain, and kidney which are well known and established, the carbon monoxide that is inhaled during cigarette smoking decreases the oxygen content within blood. Oxygen, as we well know, is necessary for survival and the healing process. Thus, smoking inhibits wound healing, increases the [...]
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