The Effects of Smoking on Beauty

The health hazards of smoking are well-known. But the habit can also cause a lot of damage to your outward appearance if you smoke long term. If you want to look more attractive, breaking the habit can do wonders for you.

Odor

• The smell of smoke gets in your hair and clothes, and gives you bad breath, which many people find unattractive.

Yellowing

• Longtime smokers have often have yellow or discolored teeth. Their fingernails can also be stained yellow from holding burning cigarettes.

Wrinkles

• Smokers wrinkle prematurely, and develop more of them around the mouth (possibly from inhaling on the cigarettes), as well as their eyes, than nonsmokers.

Pallor

• The habit can make skin pale, dull or gray instead of having a healthy glow, because of the exposure to the smoke.

Gauntness

• Because smoking makes skin lose its elasticity, it can become tightly pulled over the face and make you look gaunt and older than you really are.

Hair Loss

• Hair can become brittle, or you might make a problem with balding become worse, since smoking causes hair loss.