Smoker's face
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"Smoker's face" is a term used by doctors to describe the characteristic changes that happen to the faces of many people who smoke.[1][2] The general appearance is of accelerated aging of the face, with a characteristic pattern of facial wrinkling and sallow coloration.
A summary of a study published by the National Institutes of Health found that certain facial features appeared in about 8% of smokers who had smoked a full decade while those same features were absent in a control group of non-smokers.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Smoker's Face: Beauty is only skin deep, UK Department of Health
- ^ Personal Health: Smoker's Face, The New York Times, June 19, 1996
- ^ Model D (1985). "Smoker's face: an underrated clinical sign?". Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 291 (6511): 1760–1762. doi:10.1136/bmj.291.6511.1760. PMC 1419177. PMID 3936573. http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pmcentrez&artid=1419177.
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