Effects of smoking on the skin

Todays blog is on the effects of smoking on the skin

With still so many people still smoking we thought we would share some of the  Effects of smoking on the skin 

We all know that smoking ages you but do you really know what  the Effects of smoking on the skin are.

Toxins in cigarette smoke

Cigarette smoke contains more than 4000 toxins many of which are absorbed directly into the bloodstream and are taken by the blood right into the structure of your skin.

Smoking cigarettes reduces the efficiency with which the skin can regenerate itself, it constricts the blood vessels at the top layers of the skin which in turn reduces blood supply to the skin.

Cigarette smoking causes the blood vessels at the top layers of the skin to constrict and so reducing the oxygen level in the blood This thickening  the blood and reduces the levels of collagen in the skin and can cause wounds to take longer to heal as a result.

Smoking makes your skin thinner

A recent British study took 25 pairs of identical twins where one twin was a lifelong smoker and the other had never smoked. The doctors used an ultrasound technique to gauge inner arm skin thickness. The smoker’s skin was a quarter thinner than that of the non-smokers and in a few cases there were differences of up to 40 per cent. If consider that this study was done on the arm where the skin is thicker than that on the face can you imagine  how much thinner the skin on the face would be.

So the next time you feel like a cigarette just remember what the Effects of smoking on the skin