In 1985, the phrase “Smokers Face” was added to the Medical Dictionary. It refers to the characteristics of wrinkles and lines surrounding the lips and eyes – it also includes the general signs of with aging, sped along because of smoking.

Media attention is significant, but despite this and the millions of dollars each year spent on cosmetics and wrinkle treatments, many millions more are spent on the single worst habit which makes the problem much greater and harder to deal with.

It is now well established that any type of smoking, whether cigarettes, cigars or other, impacts heavily on our health in a negative way 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 ages, the combined affect can be huge. 

Not only do free radicals which are found in every puff of smoke which affect our appearance. Smoking just one cigarette depletes the level of Vitamin C stored within the body. This essential vitamin is directly involved in the collagen creation which is a vital component of great looking skin.

Whatsmore, Vitamin C is also a powerful anti-oxidant which assist greatly in reducing the effect of free radicals. So not only does the skin lose its ability to replenish 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 face wrinkles is to stop smoking and reduce any type of exposure to smoky environments. Of course, there are many other important factors which make the cessation of smoking a great boost to your health and general wellbeing. It is of course a sound idea not to start in the first instance!

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