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Published in final edited form as: Facial Plast Surg Clin North Am. 2023 May;31(2):171–181. doi: 10.1016/j.fsc.2023.01.002

Table 1.

Common factors contributing to poor surgical wound healing

Extrinsic Factors	Intrinsic Factors
Previous irradiation	Malnutrition
Chronic steroid use	Obesity
Cigarette smoking	Diabetes
Vaping	Hypothyroidism
Medications^a	Aging
	Ischemic conditions (ie, anemia, COPD, CHF, vascular disease, and renal failure)
	Alcoholism
	Immunodeficiency

Medications listed below.