1, wrinkles
Like exposure to sunlight, smoking can cause elastin and elastic fibers to thicken or break. In addition, smoking will also reduce the oxygen supply to the skin, affect the formation of collagen, the main component of the skin, and lead to dry skin. All these aggravate the appearance of wrinkles. For female smokers, it will also affect the estrogen cycle.
2. Skin cancer
Smoking can induce carcinosarcoma. After the appearance of melanoma, smokers are twice as likely to have melanoma necrosis as non-smokers.
3. Other cancers
Smokers have a much higher risk of developing cancer of lip, mouth, penis, anal cancer and vulva than non-smokers.
4. The wound heals slowly
After abdominal surgery or facial plastic surgery, the wound healing of female smokers is obviously slower than that of non-smokers. The failure rate of skin transplantation in smokers is also high.
5, psoriasis and skin diseases
Smokers are 2-3 times more likely to suffer from psoriasis than non-smokers. Some abscesses on the palms and feet are almost unique to smokers. This skin disease is difficult to cure, even if you quit smoking in the future, it will not disappear.
6, oral lesions
Tar in cigarettes and the heat of cigarettes will inflame salivary glands, thus forming abscesses or mucosal leukoplakia on the tongue and palate. Smokers are six times more likely to suffer from mucosal leukoplakia than nonsmokers. Although leukoplakia is benign, it may also induce cancer.
Nicotine in tobacco is a highly toxic alkaloid. If you give a normal weight person 50 ml of alkaloids intravenously, it will be fatal. Therefore, experts remind smokers to quit smoking as soon as possible for the health of themselves and others.