How Smoking Affects Facial Ageing

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How Smoking Affects Facial Ageing

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• A new study published in the November issue of
  the Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Journal
  shows twins who smoke show more premature facial
  ageing, compared to their non-smoking identical
  twins. The results also show that the effects of
  smoking on facial ageing are most obvious in the
  lover third of the face around the chin and
  mouth.

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• Taking advantage of the annual Twin Days
  Festival, held in Twinsburg, Ohio, the
  researchers from this study identified pairs of
  identical twins who differed by smoking history.
  In each pair, either one twin smoked and the
  other did not, or one twin smoked at least five
  years longer. Fifty-seven of the 79 twin pairs
  studied were women the average age 48 years.
• A professional photographer took standardized,
  close-up photographs of each twins face. The
  twins also completed questionnaires regarding
  their medical and lifestyle histories.

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• Without knowledge of the twins smoking history,
  plastic surgeons then analysed the twins facial
  features, including grading of wrinkles and
  age-related facial features. The goal was to
  identify specific components of facial ageing
  that were affected by smoking.
• Scores on several measures of facial ageing were
  significantly worse for the smokers. The smokers
  had more sagging of the upper eyelids, as well as
  more bags of the lower eyelids and under the
  eyes. Twins who smoked also had higher scores for
  facial wrinkles, including more pronounced
  nasolabial folds (lines between the nose and
  mouth), wrinkling of the upper and lower lips and
  sagging jowls.

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• The research suggests the ageing effects of
  cigarettes are a result of a mixture of chemicals
  in tobacco smoke, which trigger the destruction
  of collagen and elastin in your skin. The
  consequence being sagging skin and deeper
  wrinkles.

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