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Originally Posted by tapu
Smoking can make nipples fall off
http://thechart.blogs.cnn.com/2011/1...f/?hpt=hp_bn10
I wonder if there are smokers who will read that and think, Well, that does it! I go on the patch, starting tomorrow. Maybe I'll be able to avoid that cancer and heart disease and COPD, too. That'd be a plus. |
How about a little sanity here.........from the article:
I cringe every time I see a patient for a breast lift who is a smoker. I’m deathly afraid that despite my warnings, she will smoke before or after surgery and cause her nipples to turn black and fall off.
Yes. Smokers who undergo breast lifts are at great risk of losing their nipples.
This is about re-positioning nipples post surgery. My guess is this would also apply to folks who undergo chest reconstruction and mastectomy. It is well known among medical folk that ANY post surgery healing is compromised if you smoke.
So.......your nipples are not gonna fall off if you smoke and don't have any kind of breast surgery.
I hate overblown scare/fear tactics.