Smokers who get boob jobs have a high risk of their nipples falling off

Smoking just one month before or after a boob job can lead to your nipples turning black and falling off, according to a top plastic surgeon.

Even if you have never been a smoker, the toxins in a cigarette can cause blood supply to the healing breasts to be cut off ultimately making the nipples fall off.

But doctors can save the decaying nipples with a treatment that sounds just as bizarre as the prognosis - blood sucking medical-grade leeches.

Michigan plastic surgeon Dr Anthony Youn described his experience treating a patient who almost lost her nipples from smoking.  More