Nicotine Causes Problems With Lasik ?

Nicotine Causes Problems with Lasik ?Nicotine may cause problems with Lasik. This is an established fact and people who smoke are more likely to have complications after Lasik surgery than those people who do not smoke.

Current research results have indicated that nicotine replacement therapy can be extremely helpful and may enable people in quitting smoking and thus complications after surgery can be avoided. The withdrawal symptoms with Nicotine replacement therapy can be reduced when people stop smoking by giving them nicotine through a patch or chewing gum.

People generally would have lesser problems with wound healing is they have had nicotine replacement therapy at least four weeks prior to the surgery compared to those who do not undergo nicotine replacement therapy. Poor haling is one of the most common complications associated with surgery for those who regularly consume Nicotine. The poor wound healing is actually the result of the less amount of oxygen that is available in the blood making it much more difficult for the wounds to heal.

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