One of the most important ways to reduce risk is to select a board-certified plastic surgeon for your procedure to ensure that your doctor has extensive surgical training, has passed rigorous testing and is current on all of the latest surgical techniques and advances in patient safety.

If you are a smoker, you must quit smoking at least 3 weeks before surgery and absolutely do not smoke for 3 weeks after surgery.  Not one cigarette, not one puff.  You can use a vaporizer with ZERO nicotine, but not any nicotine at all, and no smoking at all (marijuana or tobacco).

It’s also very important that you share a detailed medical history and information about your goals, to make sure everyone is on the same page.