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I did pilonidal cyst surgery 2 weeks ago . is that smoking weed now could cause bad influence on my wound ?. i use only antibiotics nowadays
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Unlikeley: Using MJ now is unlikely to have a negative effect on your healing...but it won’t help, either.
Answered 10/2/2020
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