Smoking before rhinoplasty

How does smoking marijuana before a surgery affect the surgery? what can be the possible outcome? Is it a great risk? how many days do you have to stop smoking before the surgery?

[Howard Rosenberg, MD]

There is some evidence of potential pulmonary complications associated with chronic marijuana use and general anesthesia, but there is also controversy about this.  I doubt that the marijuana use will affect the outcome of the nasal surgery itself.  No one has a specific timeline to discontinue smoking prior to a general anesthetic, but I would suggest discontinuation of smoking at least one week prior to the procedure would be advisable.