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nena_shawty
November 9th, 2010, 12:33 PM
i used to smoke and i enjoyed smoking and thank goodness i wasnt adicted ...but one day i heard smoking can make hair fall out so i quit .. i didnt want to sabatage my hair because i wanted it to grow long again but since im here with hair experts i thought i would see what you guys have to say?let me say i wasnt smoking before 18 i had tried it once or twice but i decided to be legal about it lol..:D
aenflex
November 9th, 2010, 12:36 PM
I dont know about making it fall out. I smoke and my hair is not falling out, and I've smoked for many years...It does make it smell, and I'm sure it can dry the hair out.
spidermom
November 9th, 2010, 12:53 PM
If you can stay away from the cigarettes, you'll be so much better off in so many ways. I'm sure hair is affected at some point or another. When you undermine your health, nonessentials like hair get less circulation, which means less nutrition to the follicles. So while your hair might not fall out, it could certainly get more dull and limp and thin.
feralnature
November 9th, 2010, 12:58 PM
Anything you do that is detrimental to your health is detrimental to your hair. I smoked most of my adult life and quit 1 year ago cold turkey. I had a lump in my breast and I was scared silly. It was non-cancerous but at the time, I did not know that. It was like a wake up call. We cannot keep doing all these things that are bad for us and expect to be the ones who do not have to pay for them in the long run. I want to be a healthy 100 year old. I want to be here for my 4 children and 5 grand children. So I quit smoking. It was very difficult, to be honest. But I did it.
jenwexler
November 9th, 2010, 01:00 PM
Smoking overall is bad. My abuelo died of lung cancer in his 50's and my mom is a chimney. There are no true benefits that I can think of. My mom's hair was beautiful during her periods of being smoke free. But when she smokes, she smells gross and her hair looks dry, which is especially bad for her curly hair.
ericthegreat
November 9th, 2010, 01:08 PM
Smoking is just bad for your health overall. Whether there is a direct relationship on whether smoking alone is bad for your hair I'm not entirely sure about, but as everyone is well aware smoking very often contributes to lung cancer and emphysema and a whole host of other preventable diseases. Smoking also shortens your lifespan, so knowing all that I think its safe to say that smoking certainly can't be beneficial to your hair.
HairFaerie
November 9th, 2010, 02:05 PM
I smoke, so I am not going to lecture! :)
I do know it's bad for overall health and it depletes the body of vitamins.
I do try to compensate for my nasty habit by eating well, drinking a lot of water and taking supplements. I know it's no substitute for quitting.
My overall hair/nail health is pretty good if you ask me.
I think if the rest of your dietary habits/exercise are good, it can make up for the smoking. Also, depends on how much you smoke. If you are smoking a pack a day or more, you may want to look in to cutting down or if you can, quitting. I really want to stop, but it is hard.
Good luck to you!
feralnature
November 9th, 2010, 02:13 PM
"I think if the rest of your dietary habits/exercise are good, it can make up for the smoking."
Tell that to the lung cancer patients that I sat with as they painfully gasp and struggled for their last breaths of air. Tell that to all the nurses like me who held the hands of the dieing.
curlymarcia
November 9th, 2010, 02:30 PM
Smoking is bad for your health. So, if you quit smoking you'll be healthier and maybe it will reflect in your hair ;)
HairFaerie
November 9th, 2010, 02:31 PM
"I think if the rest of your dietary habits/exercise are good, it can make up for the smoking."
Tell that to the lung cancer patients that I sat with as they painfully gasp and struggled for their last breaths of air. Tell that to all the nurses like me who held the hands of the dieing.
I was referring to hair health, not lung cancer!
princessp
November 9th, 2010, 03:18 PM
Yeah, it makes it smell horrible! :)
Shany
November 9th, 2010, 04:12 PM
''Smoking causes premature facial wrinkling through vasoconstriction of the capillaries of the face (vasoconstriction decreases the flow of oxygen and nutrients to facial skin cells).''
''This diminution (reduction) of blood supplied to the hair follicle would require either greater blood flow through these follicles or an increased amount of nutrients of various types such as vitamins, minerals and amino acids in order to supple the hair follicle with the same amount of these materials. ''
My nutrition teached once told us that smokers need to take more vitamins because the nicotine raises the constriction of blood vessels.
burns_erin
November 9th, 2010, 04:26 PM
Ehh, everyone is different. For me, I have been smoking over half my life, and it does not seem to affect my hair (or wrinkles) in the slightest. Won;t say it is not doing anything else, but certainly not those two things.
I have known a few people where it did seem to matter. But that does not seem to be the case for everyone, just like the same diet, the same bathing the same anything works for every person.
There really has to be some genetic component we are just not seeing yet. I have known people who smoked heavily all their lives and died in their hundreds and were spry till the end. I have known people who were very young to die from lung cancer and emphysyma.
adiapalic
November 9th, 2010, 05:08 PM
A family member of mine has smoked for 38 years--they cough constantly, the tiniest cold always turns into full blown bronchitis... once with the onset of pneumonia--it was very early on though. Thank goodness we caught it. On a more cosmetic note, they and their hair smell like cigarette smoke all the time.
Smokers' blood carries less oxygen to organs--so that includes skin, which contains the hair follicles. It makes sense that it might inhibit the growth of the hair... whether or not it's significant is something worth looking into. :shrug:
Bene
November 9th, 2010, 06:03 PM
I've been smoking for quite a while. Over a decade. I go through about half a pack a day. My hair still grows at the average .5 inch per month.
I think we all make our choices about what risks we are willing to take. Not going to sit here and tell anyone that smoking is good for you, but I think that it should be out there that smoking isn't going to automatically stop your hair from growing.
little_cherry
November 9th, 2010, 06:07 PM
"I think if the rest of your dietary habits/exercise are good, it can make up for the smoking."
Tell that to the lung cancer patients that I sat with as they painfully gasp and struggled for their last breaths of air. Tell that to all the nurses like me who held the hands of the dieing.
I absolutely 100% agree. DH grandfather died from Emphysema because he was a smoker for years. Smoking affecting hair is the last thing one should be worried about.
spidermom
November 9th, 2010, 06:31 PM
I absolutely 100% agree. DH grandfather died from Emphysema because he was a smoker for years. Smoking affecting hair is the last thing one should be worried about.
Maybe, but whatever motivates you. If you're not already hooked, don't take up smoking. Please.
nena_shawty
November 9th, 2010, 08:13 PM
thx guys i know tho that when i was smoking i looked washed out and i had bad breath and i just didnt feel my healthiest so im gonna stop smoking for good
burns_erin
November 10th, 2010, 07:50 AM
Well that is certainly the best plan.
Best of luck to you.
sherigayle
November 10th, 2010, 01:29 PM
My MIL is a heavy smoker and she has yellow stains on her fingers, fingernails, lips and hair from the nicotine in the smoke.
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