Attractiveness and appearance are equally important to obtain social advantages which are beneficial in improving the quality of life. At the same time, the psychological impact of looking older than a person’s chronological age are significant, most especially when it comes to self-perception. Cigarette smoking has the ability to alter the physical appearance of a person in various and dramatic ways. Although wrinkles in the face are an inevitable part of aging, cigarette smoking can speed up this process.
It has been found out that smoking is an independent risk factor in the development of accelerated facial wrinkling and such risk is dose dependent on the level of exposure to smoking. Smokers who consume more than 50 packs every year were noted to be times more likely to get wrinkles compared to non-smokers. The risk is increased further when smokers are exposed to both smoking and the sunlight. In addition, it has also been found out that the risk of wrinkling is equivalent to approximately 1.4 years of aging compared with those who don’t smoke. The typical face of a smoker is distinguished by having one or more of the following characteristics: subtle gauntness of facial features having a prominence of an underlying bony contours, facial wrinkles that radiate at right angles from the upper and lower lips, as well as the corners of the eyes, a slightly pigmented gray appearance, and a slightly orange, plethoric, red, and purple complexion.
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