Women with breast implants should take care not to smoke - they face the risk of becoming nipple-less.
That's what top plastic surgeon Dr Anthony Youn warned on CNN's health blog The Chart, that smoking before or after a breast lift surgery can cause a woman's nipples to turn black and fall off.
According to him, the nicotine in cigarettes and the carbon monoxide contained in cigarette smoke can diminish the blood flow to various parts of the body.
These toxins essentially act as a tourniquet, restricting blood flow to body parts.
If a body part receives too little or no blood, that body part dies, he explained.
This is what often happens to the tiniest veins, like those in the nipples.
In his memoir "In Stitches", he recounted a story of a smoker whose nipples turned purple while undergoing a breast lift surgery.
A body part turns purple before it turns black, after which it falls off, he said.
This is because an inadequate flow of blood to the blood veins of a body part results in a backup of old blood, which makes it turn purple.
According to him, the nicotine in cigarettes and the carbon monoxide contained in cigarette smoke can diminish the blood flow to various parts of the body.
These toxins essentially act as a tourniquet, restricting blood flow to body parts.
If a body part receives too little or no blood, that body part dies, he explained.
This is what often happens to the tiniest veins, like those in the nipples.
In his memoir "In Stitches", he recounted a story of a smoker whose nipples turned purple while undergoing a breast lift surgery.
A body part turns purple before it turns black, after which it falls off, he said.
This is because an inadequate flow of blood to the blood veins of a body part results in a backup of old blood, which makes it turn purple.
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