Approaches to a Prophylaxis of Skin Aging
Margot Ippen , Hellmut Ippen

Synopsis

It is shown that smoking has a deleterious effect on skin condition and that this effect can be differentiated from that of damage by sunlight. Smoker's skin is identified as skin which suffers from loss of "turgor" and shows signs of flabbiness; in addition, the color of the smoker's skin is pale, with a grayish hue. Dermatological examination of 224 women up to now showed no strong correlation between their smoking habits and the appearance of their skin, as defined above. By contrast, smoking seems to have only a very minor effect on the skin of male smokers.

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