May 12 2010
Facial Benefits For Women Who Quit Smoking
Did you know that if you were to avoid everything that could potentially cause cancer you would literally have to live in a bubble? Even then, your genetic make up influences your risk for breast cancer, colon cancer, and even bone cancer. Since we are consistently warned of the health risks of everything inside and outside of our bodies, the risk often doesn’t seem real enough to quit smoking to avoid cancer. We hear about health risks so often we rarely heed them.
Yet most women will at least consider smoking if not put down the pack altogether when she realizes that quitting smoking will lead to a prettier face. In our youth we thought that somehow smoking was going to add to our image. We all coughed and spit and sputtered to get that first smoke down. After that, we were able to convince our lungs to take it all in.
Image had so much to do with why we started and for women, it can be exactly why we quit. That image became part of us. At least until we looked at the reflection in the mirror and wondered who that old looking lady was staring back at us. Most women in their thirties that started smoking in their early twenties will develop a crease wrinkle between their eyebrows first. Then crows’ feet and slight wrinkles around the mouth start to appear. Discolored facial skin and an unattractive texture come with the territory. When we consider the consequence of weight gain over the repercussion of wrinkles, quitting seems like a better choice.
Weight gain is actually a controllable process, provided that we tackle it with the will to reduce our calories and increase our exercise. Wrinkles are not so controllable, and the poor skin condition usually wins the battle. Besides, if you stop smoking you will have more energy and time to fit in some exercise. It’s really a pretty good trade off.
For your facial skin you’re going to want to attack the problem from both the inside and the outside. You can reverse some of the damage once you’re no longer puffing on a smoke. You want to improve your dry skin care to help with the texture and then apply skin care cream that is loaded with collagen, elastin, and antioxidants.
These three key ingredients are the three combative ingredients for a smoker’s skin. When you inhale, remember that you’re taking in chemicals that stay in your blood stream. These are free radicals and they encourage aging in the skin. Production of the natural collagen and elastin is significantly reduced in a smoker.
Health warnings are often ignored until it is too late. Looking at your reflection daily and knowing that you are aging your facial skin by years with every pack is a strong motivator for quitting.