What are the harmful effects of smoking on the skin?

Many people know that smoking is harmful to the body. Despite this, there are still many people in life who cannot resist the temptation of smoking. It is very necessary to know more about the harm of smoking. What are the specific dangers of smoking? What are the bad effects of smoking on the skin? Let’s take a look at the introduction of this article. I hope the following article can be of some help to you.

Smoking is actually a chronic poisoning behavior!

1. Appearance/body shape:

Tartar/bad breath: Smokers' teeth are stained with soot, which is difficult to fade. Their breath smells bad and their hair quality becomes extremely poor.

Premature aging: Smoking can cause women to enter menopause earlier, 1 to 3 years earlier!

Wrinkles: Nicotine destroys collagen. Skin becomes drier, so there are more wrinkles!

Female hormones (estrogen): Nicotine inhibits the secretion of female hormones (estrogen and progesterone), destroys certain enzymes in the body, delays menstruation in girls, and causes menstrual disorders and dysmenorrhea.

Breasts: Due to the decrease of estrogen, women's secondary sexual characteristics cannot develop and their breasts will become smaller.

Dark circles: Smoking can cause blood flow obstruction, which prevents the blood around the eyes from being supplied with enough oxygen, leading to dark circles.

Large pores: Blood flow obstruction, capillary atrophy, pores will of course become larger and larger!

The conclusion is that smoking makes women look at least 5 years older.

2. Body:

Lung cancer. Women who smoke are more likely to develop lung cancer. The risk of lung cancer is 1.5 times that of men.

Respiratory tract: One of the main causes of chronic bronchitis, emphysema and chronic airway obstruction.

Digestive tract: Increases gastric acid secretion (about 90% higher than non-smokers), inhibits pancreatic secretion, increases acid load, and induces ulcers.

Cardiovascular disease: It causes tissue and myocardial hypoxia, induces coronary spasm, increases blood viscosity, interferes with lipid metabolism, and promotes the deposition of cholesterol-like substances; serum antioxidant function is reduced, and the incidence of various cardiovascular diseases is greatly increased.

Low sexual interest and fertility: Female smokers have about 50% less chance of getting pregnant than non-smoking women.

Reduce the chances of having a boy: Scientists from Denmark and Japan have found that smoking may reduce the chances of having a boy.

Reproductive dangers: easy miscarriage! Premature birth, stillbirth, early placental abruption, placenta previa, etc. are all related to smoking during pregnancy.

Eye damage: vascular sclerosis and increased platelet viscosity lead to local hypoxia and cause retinal disease, increasing the possibility of cataracts!

The above is an introduction to the harmful effects of smoking on the skin. After reading this article, do you have a better understanding of the harm of smoking? Smoking is harmful to health, and it’s not just talk. Therefore, in order to better maintain physical health and the health of your family, you should quit smoking as soon as possible. This is also crucial for family harmony.