Can Smoking Weed Wreck Your Skin?
Surely no one thinks smoking is good for your health, and Dr. Sarkar is here to emphasize that fact: Smoking is not only bad for your skin, but also for your heart, lungs, and other organs. "If you're smoking, definitely stop," she exclaims. "Smoking affects the skin in multiple ways. It causes oxidative stress in the form of free radicals — like pollution can — it decreases the building of new collagen, it increases the destruction of existing collagen, it causes damage to elastin, one of the materials in the skin that helps it keep its shape or elasticity, and it helps to promote incre...
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