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. 1984 Jun;73(6):911-5.
doi: 10.1097/00006534-198406000-00009.

The effect of cigarette smoking on skin-flap survival in the face lift patient

T D Rees, D M Liverett, C L Guy

The effect of cigarette smoking on skin-flap survival in the face lift patient

T D Rees et al. Plast Reconstr Surg. 1984 Jun.

Abstract

Our data demonstrate that a significant number of skin sloughs observed after face lift surgery are due to patients' cigarette smoking. Because an appreciable part of every surgeon's practice consists of smokers, the implications of this study, in terms of patient selection and preoperative counseling, seem considerable.

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