How Smoking Causes Damage to Your Skin

Premature Aging of Facial Skin

"Smoker's lines" are the vertical wrinkles around the mouth that come from pursing lips to draw on a cigarette over and over again. Crow's feet are a common type of wrinkling that develops at the outer edges of the eyes. For smokers, this damage usually starts much earlier than it does for other people, who get crow's feet as they age.

如上所述，胶原蛋白和弹性蛋白损伤是皮肤过早老化的重要因素。但吸烟造成的血管收缩也起到了作用。收缩血管抑制血流和氧从到达皮肤细胞，导致皮肤老化。

皮肤下垂

吸烟有关的皮肤损伤会导致身体其他部位的皮肤下垂。特别地，乳房和上臂通常受吸烟引起的皮肤弹性损失的影响。

Skin Cancer

If you smoke, your chances of developing squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) can be as much as 52% higher than if you didn't smoke. This is the second most common form of skin cancer and often appears on the lips of smokers.

Researchers suspect that the increased risk comes from a lowered immune system due to the toxins in cigarette smoke. Smoking is not a known risk factor for the most common form of skin cancer, basal cell carcinoma.

Psoriasis

牛皮癣是一种皮肤状况，产生瘙痒，红色鳞片状斑块。压力可以带来它，但吸烟也是一个风险因素。吸烟者更容易发生一种叫做的牛皮癣palmoplantar pustulosis。

Doctors think that the link between psoriasis and smoking may be the尼古丁在香烟中。尼古丁影响免疫系统，皮肤炎症和皮肤细胞生长，所有这些都会有助于牛皮癣的发育。还猜测，压力应对技术吸烟者（即香烟）可能会使吸烟者放在额外的开发牛皮癣的风险。

Smoking just about doubles a person's risk of developing psoriasis, with the risk going up depending on the number of cigarettes smoked.Women who smoke20 or more cigarettes a day are two and a half times more likely to get psoriasis than non-smokers. For men, the risk is just over one and a half times that of non-smokers.

伤口愈合

卷烟中毒素引起的血管收缩对伤口愈合产生负面影响。缺乏血液的减缓身体修复本身的能力。

大多数医生都将强烈推荐，甚至需要吸烟，因为冲击香烟毒素对愈合有影响来，吸烟患者在手术程序之前停止。吸烟还增加了伤口感染，皮肤移植衰竭，组织死亡和血凝凝块的风险。

疤痕也往往更加明显。还有证据表明，吸烟可能会增加拉伸标记的风险，这也是通常由快速增益引起的瘢痕的形式。

痤疮inversa.

Hidradenitis suppurativa, more commonly known as acne inversa, is a relatively common inflammatory skin disease that affects people in areas of the body where skin rubs against skin, like the armpits, groin, and under the breasts in women.

Often misdiagnosed, acne inversa causes boil-like nodules that drain pus. The condition is painful and can last months or even years. Cigarette smoking is a risk factor for acne inversa.

Vasculitis

Smokers are at an increased risk of Buerger's disease, a form of vasculitis. All types of vasculitis involve inflamed blood vessels in some part of the body.

布尔特谢谢的疾病会影响手脚的血流。这些区域的血管变为收缩或阻塞，导致疼痛和组织损伤。Buerger病的极端情况会导致手指和脚趾皮肤上的溃疡。最终，甘格琳（组织死亡）和遗断可能会发生。

Telangiectasia

Telangiectasiais a condition in which small blood vessels in the body widen or dilate, causing damage to capillary walls. It can happen anywhere, but is most noticeable close to the surface of the skin, where you might see permanent purple blotches or traces of veins (also known as spider veins).

Smoking is a risk factor for telangiectasia. Nicotine in tobacco constricts blood vessels, and this action can cause damage that leads to this condition.

肤色和染色

The skin tone of smokers can be uneven and off, tending toward an orange or grey tone. Lack of oxygen to skin cells no doubt plays a part in why this occurs, along with the negative effects of numerous other chemicals in tobacco. Cigarette smoke is laden with over 7,000 chemicals, including 250 that are poisonous and 70 that cause cancer.

Tar Stains

多年的手指之间的卷烟可能导致尼古丁和其他毒素中的皮肤繁华，通常被称为tar。This type of staining is nearly impossible to remove with soap and water. The only way to really get rid of it is to avoid holding cigarettes (stop smoking!).

How Quitting Tobacco Improves Your Skin

你的表皮有什么改进，你可以期待一旦你享受停止吸烟吗?虽然皱纹不得disap发展pear entirely, the return of normal blood flow to skin cells will bring oxygen and nutrients where they need to go and your skin will begin to look healthy once again. Collagen and elastin production will assist, as they're no longer being hindered by toxins in cigarettes.

焦油污渍也会及时消失。一旦你戒烟，你的健康状况可能会影响皮肤的健康状况。

朋友和家人可能会评论你似乎已经接受的健康光芒，因为戒烟了，因为它往往这很明显。可能需要一些时间，但是benefits to your health and well-beingwill be tangible and worth the work it takes to quit.