Question: i had asked the doctor earlier. Due to inhaling toxic smoke I had lost considerable sense of smell. I cannot detect mild odors such as fluids (rain), plants, grass. When in a large room or outside I feel like I cannot take in enough air. I had been a heavy smoker but am now down to 6 cigarettes per day (due to stress from loss of smell doctor advised cutting down but one each week). My question is: it has now been 8 weeks and no improvement. At first I was getting black tissue coming out but now it is either clear, white or a little yellow. Is there anything I can do? I have heard that once the nasal membranes are damaged (possibly the case here) they cannot be healed. I have also heard that if smell does not return in 6 weeks it is not coming back. What I inhaled for about 10 minutes was dried lotus leaves through a filtered pipe (old Asian remedy| but obviously heat and most likely chemicals caused severe damage. Original issue was nerve sensitivity.

I can try to stop smoking 100 percent - will that help the tissues heal?