Table of contents:
- What happens to your physique after quitting smoking
- 1. Teeth appear whiter
- 2. The skin looks healthier
- 3. Eyes brighter
- 4. Hair looks healthier
- 5. Accelerate wound healing
- 6. Makes you look younger
Every year, the number of smokers in Indonesia continues to increase. According to the Director of Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases, the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, quoted via republika.com, It is known that until 2015, the number of smokers in Indonesia currently reaches 90 million people. Even today, Indonesia is already in first place in the highest number of smokers in the world, followed by Russia in second place, then China, the Philippines and Vietnam.
In fact, we all know that smoking not only causes lung cancer, emphysema, cardiovascular disease, but can also cause changes in the appearance of the body. However, although smoking can be detrimental to health and damage the appearance of the body, smoking is not an easy thing to break.
If these facts don't convince you to quit smoking, then what about the fact that smoking can actually make you look worse?
In fact, quitting smoking can improve your appearance to become more beautiful.
What happens to your physique after quitting smoking
Here are six physical changes that occur when you quit smoking:
1. Teeth appear whiter
The content of tobacco, tar, and nicotine in cigarettes can actually make your teeth turn yellow. Quitting smoking can certainly keep your teeth away from tobacco, tar, and nicotine, and can make your teeth look whiter and breath fresher.
2. The skin looks healthier
Smoking habits can make your skin look worse, such as the appearance of wrinkles, blackheads and eye bags. The appearance of eye bags occurs because the toxins in cigarette smoke damage the delicate tissues around the eyes. Quitting smoking can keep your eyes from the toxins in cigarettes and can make your skin healthier.
3. Eyes brighter
A smoker's eyes often look red, dry, and look tired due to exposure to cigarette smoke. Quitting smoking can certainly prevent you from cigarette smoke which can cause eye irritation, such as red or dry eyes.
4. Hair looks healthier
A study from the University of Zurich found a link between smoking and the appearance of gray hair. The discoloration or damage to the hair occurs because the chemicals in cigarettes can damage the cells in the hair follicles and block the oxygen intake needed by the hair due to narrowing of the blood vessels. Quitting smoking can certainly improve this situation and make your hair healthier than before.
5. Accelerate wound healing
Smoking habits can prevent hemoglobin molecules from carrying the oxygen it needs throughout the body. The narrowing of blood vessels caused by smoking can also make it harder for hemoglobin and oxygen to get to the tissues where they are needed. As a result, the wound healing process in smokers lasts longer.
Quitting smoking can improve the situation and can speed up the wound healing process.
6. Makes you look younger
The longer you smoke, the older you will look. A study found that every ten years smoking will make a person 2.5 years older than their actual age.
This happens because smoking can constrict the blood vessels in the outer layer of your skin, so it can damage blood flow. In fact, without blood flow, your skin cannot receive the oxygen and nutrients it needs. Moreover, the tobacco content in cigarettes can actually damage elastin and collagen which can lead to premature aging characterized by the appearance of wrinkles on the face.
By striving to quit smoking, your appearance will look fresher and younger because of the return to the condition of blood vessels that can improve blood flow, nutrients, and oxygen needed by the skin to regenerate to prevent premature aging.
