Smoking: How does it affect your skin?
Is it true that smoking causes wrinkles?
Yes. Smoking can accelerate the normal aging process of your skin, contributing to wrinkles.
These skin changes may occur after only 10 years of smoking and are irreversible.
Smoking causes narrowing of the blood vessels in the outermost layers of your skin.
This impairs blood flow to your skin, depleting it of oxygen and important nutrients, such as vitamin A. Smoking also damages collagen and elastin — fibers that give your skin its strength and elasticity.
As a result, skin begins to sag and wrinkle prematurely.
In addition, repeated exposure to the heat from burning cigarettes and the facial expressions you make when smoking — such as pursing your lips when inhaling and squinting your eyes to keep out smoke — may contribute to wrinkles.
-Adam
Smoking: How does it affect your skin? Is it true that smoking causes wrinkles?