Want to Reduce Wrinkles? Quit Smoking
Every woman needs to look after her skin and beauty, and one of the top things every woman worries about and wants to avoid as much as possible are wrinkles!
There are many ways to treat wrinkles of course, but why not delay them and avoid them as much as possible? And one of the top reasons to get wrinkles is smoking.
But, does smoking cause wrinkles? The short answer, according to many doctors and experts such as Dr. Lowell Dale of Mayo Clinic, is yes!
Smoking can speed up the normal aging process of your skin, contributing to wrinkles. These skin changes may occur after only 10 years of smoking. The more cigarettes you smoke and the longer you smoke, the more skin wrinkling you're likely to have.
Smoking doesn't only cause wrinkles on your face. Smoking is also associated with increased wrinkling and skin damage on other parts of your body, including your inner arms. While the skin wrinkles may not be reversible, you can prevent the worsening of wrinkling by quitting smoking now.
So, if you need another reason to motivate you to quit smoking, add premature wrinkles to the list.
How Does Smoking Lead to Wrinkles?
The nicotine in cigarettes causes narrowing of the blood vessels in the outermost layers of your skin. This impairs blood flow to your skin. With less blood flow, your skin doesn't get as much oxygen and important nutrients, such as vitamin A.
Many of the more than 4,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke also damage collagen and elastin, which are fibers that give your skin its strength and elasticity. As a result, the skin begins to sag and wrinkle prematurely because of smoking.
In addition, repeated exposure to the heat from burning cigarettes and even the facial expressions you make when smoking, such as pursing your lips when inhaling and squinting your eyes to keep out smoke, may also contribute to wrinkles.
