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• Skin Deep - Want a Face-Lift? First, Better Stop Smoking  

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Twenty-five years ago, it may have been more acceptable for a patient to have undergone surgical procedures while smoking. Nowadays if a doctor knew a patient was smoking and they did flap surgery [an operation where shifting skin is required] many of us would say that’s malpractice.
Dr. Patrick McMenamin, the president-elect of the American Association of Cosmetic Surgery.