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What happens if you get a scar revison, but you smoke a lot?

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Wound Healing: Compared with nonsmokers, smokers have a higher incidence of unsatisfactory healing after face-lift surgery, as well as a greater degree of complications following breast surgery. Smokers should be advised to stop smoking prior to elective surgery or when recovering from wounds resulting from trauma, disease, or emergent surgery.

Answered 4/5/2016

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Poor healing: Poor blood supply to the skin edges may result in poor healing and a bad scar.

Answered 9/28/2016

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