Jaw Surgery Recovery Tips - Drinking Alcohol and Smoking After Cosmetic Surgery in Korea
When can patients who had surgery start drinking alcohol again?
When can patients who had surgery start drinking alcohol again?
Patients can recover well if they avoid smoking and drinking alchol after cosmetic surgery. Then let's see what happens if you don't avoid alchol and smoking? and when is it ok to consume alcohol?
The timing of when a patient can start to drink alcohol after plastic surgery will depend on a number of factors.
The basic factor is that alcohol has a number of effects that can alter post-operative results of a patient.
Moreover, if you had jaw surgery(face line surgery), it is reasonable to consume alcohol moderately starting 2 weeks after surgery to recover the stitches inside the mouth. If you don't follow it, you will get an infection and it will require more recovery peiod.
So, after the Orthognathic(jaw) surgery, it's better to go for a walk and eat something that reduces swelling rather than drinking alchol. It improves blood circulation which helps to reduce swelling.
When can you resume smoking cigarettes or using tobacco?
Smoking and tobacco use are about the worst things you can do with regards to wound healing and infection risk.
It is absolutely critical that if you do restart, you wait at least 6 weeks after surgery to allow the incisions to progress with regards to healing.
During this time you must strictly avoid second hand smoke exposure as well.
If you are a person who consume alcohol, you should stop doing this one week prior to the operation, because alcohol fouls the organism. It slows the movement of food through the stomach and irritates the stomach lining, which can cause vomitting. Also alcohol can cause the effect of a sedative agent, in such cases it would be more difficult for the anesthesiologist to measure the proper dosage of anesthetics.
The best would be to forget about any alcohol drinks during the recovery time and instead use your time for more useful things, such as walking, doing light exercises, spoil yourself with massage procedures.
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