Dr. Funderburk of Neinstein Plastic Surgery was recently interviewed by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons on the topic of how smoking and diet affect plastic surgery recovery. An excerpt from the feature can be found, below.
“There are a lot of anecdotal accounts of patients postoperatively adhering to a more anti-inflammatory diet,” says Manhattan-based plastic surgeon, Chris Funderburk, MD, who suggests integrating plenty of berries into a diet and avoiding heavy, fatty meats. “And we can tell you from a lot of the patients we see here in Manhattan that adhere to those diets, they report much-decreased inflammation, earlier recovery, basically overall faster return to just normal activity.”
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