Smoking May Stunt Hair Growth
Not only can cigarette indulgence leave the hair with a persistent odor of thick smokiness, it has also been proven to cause potential hair loss over the long term.
A recent observational study found that cigarette smoking may not only cause hair loss, it can accelerate baldness, especially if it is genetic. Cigarette smoking can leave hair lank and more prone to breakage.
How does cigarette smoking lead to hair loss? The smoke has a direct impact on the hair follicle. Not to mention the fact that cigarette smoke is known to contain more than 4,000 lethal and damaging chemicals which can cause all sort of health problems including potential death.
Smoking stops the flow of an adequate amount of oxygen and nutrients through your blood. Because your hair does not get the right amount of the vital nutrients, your hair becomes unhealthy and may become dry, parched and prone to easy breakage.
Reasons To Stop Smoking For Your Hair
Listed below are the reasons to stop smoking to help your hair:
1. Your hair will always have a persistent odor of smokiness which can also be transferred to your clothing and bedsheets.
2. Smoking will accelerate the aging of your hair by causing chronic dryness and oil imbalance. The top layers of your hair may become chronically brittle.
3. It has been documented that smoke will flow through the pores of your scalp potentially clogging it with tar and resin residues which can start hair roots.
4. Smoking causes deprivation of oxygen to the skin and hair. As a result, hair may become discolored from the persistent assault of smoke.
5. Tresses may become oily or lank at the roots from tar build-up on scalp, but will remain dry and brittle through the middle or ends.
6. Smoking has been documented in studies as causing the eventual thinning of the skin covering the scalp which protects the hair roots and follicles.
7. Smoking depletes the collagen of the skin which in turn dehydrates hair, robbing it of necessary oils.
8. Hair elasticity may be impacted by chronic smoking. Smoking can alter the endocrine system, or the glands that secrete hair healthy hormones.
9. Smoking impacts the skin deeply on all levels.
10. Nicotine causes blood vessels in the scalp to constrict, reducing required oxygen to the roots of the hair.
11. Smoking suppresses the immune system increasing the risk of scalp diseases and related viral infections.
12. Chronic cigarette smoking can accelerate the development of gray or white hair.
13. Nicotine will age the skin adjacent to the scalp more quickly then normal.
14. Cigarette smoking exhausts Vitamins A and C which is required for the synthesis of collagen which is required for healthy, shiny tresses.
The good news? As soon as you stop smoking, the damage to your hair will immediately begin to reverse.
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May 7th, 2009 at 8:37 am
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May 8th, 2009 at 9:59 pm
Is it the Nicotine that causes the issues you describe above, or is it the Tar/tobacco? I was under the impression that Nicotine is relatively harmless.
November 12th, 2009 at 4:06 am
Nicotine is actually pretty harmful itself. It contains an enzyme known as nicotinaze, which essentially “digests” the alveoli of the lung. The alveoli is where the oxygen gets transferred into the bloodstream, and carbon dioxide gets out of the bloodstream. The damage is slow, progressive and irreversible. If it can do that, I’m pretty sure it’ll have a few other components that can damage your hair as well.
November 13th, 2009 at 12:29 am
electronic cigarettes are great. i really love my blu electronic cigarette!
January 12th, 2010 at 1:29 am
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February 16th, 2010 at 10:25 am
Do these electronic cigarettes really feel like the real thing? I watched a video at this website but don’t know what to think. Are there any real smokers out there that aren’t promoting a product that can tell me what you really think?
April 27th, 2010 at 10:10 pm
It is hard to Stop Smoking at all but i tried so hard to quit smoking because of the fear of lung cancer ,
May 18th, 2010 at 12:39 am
Nicotine is one of the most addicting substance in this world so avoid smoking cigarettes.;`-
May 18th, 2010 at 12:46 am
Lung Cancer scared the hell out of me that is why i do not smoke cigarettes anymore.’-:
June 29th, 2010 at 2:42 pm
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July 25th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
lung cancer can be avoided if you stay out of air pollutants like some chemicals and tobacco smoke.”*.
July 26th, 2010 at 9:19 pm
oh well, nicotine is the number cause of lung disease. this substance can really kill your lungs.;.”
August 19th, 2010 at 8:15 pm
i just used some nicotine patches to stop smoking and it went well”;.
September 12th, 2010 at 6:30 am
lung cancer is almost alway caused by heavy cirgarette smoking,’`
September 12th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
Nicotine is always addictive and you should limit consuming it”`’
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October 12th, 2010 at 11:20 am
lung cancer could kill you in just a day so stop smoking as early as possible,-,
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