We all know the damage smoking does to the lungs and cardiovascular system, but do you fully know what it can do to the health of your skin? The long-term effects may be much worse than you think.
Tobacco smoke contains a complex mixture of gaseous and particle compounds, several of which have the potential to exert physiologic and pharmacologic impacts. Various independent studies have shown that smoking indeed has a degenerative effect on the skin.
Tobacco smoking has been shown to induce oxidative stress, which results in a cascade of detrimental effects on inflammatory cell function. Collagen production, which is responsible for giving the skin its firmness, has been reported to be significantly reduced.3 It also causes the release of proteolytic enzymes, which in turn degrades the skin's connective tissue and alters the rate of cellular turnover. In essence, this activity accelerates the skin's natural aging process.
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