In 1985, the phrase “Smokers Face” was added to the Medical Dictionary. It refers to the characteristics of facial lines and wrinlkes surrounding the lips and eyes – it also encapsulates the general signs of with aging, which are made worse by smoking.
Despite the media attention and the millions of dollars each year spent on cosmetics and wrinkle removers, many millions more are spent on the single worst habit to exagerate the problem and make dealing with it worse.
Within the medical community and now the population in general, it is accepted that any type of smoking, whether cigarettes, cigars or other, adversely impacts our health. It is sometimes less appreciated though that it impacts our skins health and appearance through the release of free radicals.
These “imbalanced particles” react with our skin by damaging perfectly healthy cells in the outermost epidermis layer. The damge they inflict on the skin gets greater over time and as a person gets olders, the combined affect can be significant.
Not only do free radicals which are found in every puff of smoke which affect our appearance. The act of smoking also depletes our Vitamin C levels stored within the body. This essential vitamin is directly involved in the collagen creation which is a vital component of great looking skin.
In addition to this, Vitamin C acts as a powerful anti-oxidant which assist greatly in reducing the effect of free radicals. So not only does the skin lose its ability to renew itself, it also suffers from the lost ability to defend itsef from aging in the first instance.
One of the best methods, therefore, of avoiding facial wrinkles is to stop smoking and reduce any type of exposure to environments which are smoky Of course, there are many other important factors which make the stopping of smoking a great benefit to your health and general wellbeing. It is of course a sound idea not to start in the first instance!
