Patients should stop using e-cigarettes before plastic surgery, experts conclude

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-11/wkh-pss112916.php

Public Release: 29-Nov-2016
Patients should stop using e-cigarettes before plastic surgery, experts conclude
Wolters Kluwer Health

Cigarette smokers are at increased risk of complications after plastic surgery. Could e-cigarette users face a similar risk? Evidence and recommendations related to e-cigarette use by plastic surgery patients are discussed in a special topic paper in the December issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).

"Refraining from [e-cigarette] use four weeks before surgery is a prudent course of action, despite the fact that it has yet to be determined if the effects are similar to traditional cigarettes," write ASPS Member Surgeons Dr. Peter Taub of Mount Sinai Medical Center and Dr. Alan Matarasso of Albert Einstein College of Medicine, both in New York City.

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