The “Deadly” Impact of Smoking on Your Skin
If you are a smoker, you have most likely heard the warnings. You know that smoking can and will impact just about every aspect of your body’s health. But did you realize that smoking can also easily destroy the health of your skin and make you look significantly older quickly? It can make you look older by creating wrinkles and drying out your skin. It alters the color of your skin as well. If health alone is not enough. this should give you yet another reason to try to kick that habit. You do not have to look older than you really are.
Research has long shown that smoking impacts your circulatory system. The fact is that it produces short-term and long-term health risks (think lung cancer as an example) and harms your skin as well. The layers of your skin are not properly nourished when there is not proper blood flow. Elasticity in your skin will be affected by smoking. Your body will start to produce more free radicals and therefore increase your risks of disease and illness while also damaging the skin. Smoking will even dehydrate your skin causing dry and unhealthy skin layers.
You will develop more wrinkles than people who do not smoke. The wrinkles will be even more noticeable and can age you a great deal. The tone of your skin will change depending on the number of years you are smoking. It might already be looking yellow with a few hints of gray if you look closely in the mirror. So not only will you not feel so great, your skin won’t look too good either. The best thing you can do for yourself is to stop smoking. If you are exposed to second hand smoke on a regular basis your skin can also be affected. Try to get the loved ones in your life to stop smoking.
You might find it difficult to stop smoking or simply you might be afraid to even try. If you really cannot break this habit, rest assured that I know how hard it is to stop smoking. But if you are now at loss in regards to your skin, there are a few things you can try to reduce effects of smoking on your skin. You will want to eat foods with plenty of Vitamins C, A and E. Try using antioxidant creams to help fight free radicals. Look for skin products that contain nutrients that are ideal for the skin. Remember, the best option for your health and just as importantly for your skin is by to quit smoking as quickly as you can.
