smoking really really makes the skin look so much older. no cream can correct that.berryblusher1/29/2012 12:55AM

Just imagine what it does to the inside.chloepoodle2/18/2012 7:21PM

Smoking does speed up collagen loss but genetics, stress, sun exposure etc. are equally aging roLizzy282/10/2012 2:00PM

a friend of mine never smoked but drank heavily. she looks much older than she is. terrible skin.islandgirlspn2/9/2012 8:41PM

^This. A friend of mine is 3yrs my senior but she looks haggard & tired. She's been a heavy drinker+iamcasihart2/10/2012 1:33AM

First pic me at 50 (nonsmoker); second pic sister at 43 (smoker). Please don't SMOKE!++mzthisnthat2/9/2012 3:59PM

I must be missing it, she looks great! Ecigs work great no bad effects from smoking either!magixz2/10/2012 2:27PM

Ecigs? I'll have to suggest that one.mzthisnthat2/11/2012 3:03PM

I agree. I work as a cashier, and I can spot a customer (usually ladies more than men who smoke) ++bunbunny2/10/2012 2:25PM

Please do everything humanely possible to assist your sister in smoking cessation. She's beautiful!lepin2/10/2012 11:44AM

Yes she is and I've tried to - many timesmzthisnthat2/10/2012 2:07PM

that is just...wowislandgirlspn2/9/2012 8:42PM

Wow!maxxine2/9/2012 4:52PM

I never smoked in my whole life and I am aging like Express train....WTFiamqueen2/9/2012 12:15PM

anyone know if hookah/shisha is worse or better? me and my friends (we are indian) and we smoke+ubaydah2/1/2012 10:43PM

I have a hookah and everyone says it's worse. not giving it up either way <_< greyed2/9/2012 4:43AM

indian here! um, sheesha actually makes u more prone to oral cancer so...isn't a great alternative..anisha122/2/2012 4:16AM

OMG i should stop, i smoke sheesha like every other day, i cant help it lol09zahraZahra2/8/2012 2:11PM

haha! i know! its so tempting with all those flavours! but its not addictive...so u cud try! :Danisha122/8/2012 11:04PM

My mother smoked her whole life and it really did age her skin. I am now in my early++perfumejunky2/1/2012 4:19PM

Genetics. Mom has smoked for 40 years and looks amazing. Same age nonsmoking aunt looks so, so oldMakeupjane2/1/2012 8:24AM

I agree with those who say it can be genetics...a lot of my father's side of the family ++allthecolours2/1/2012 2:04AM

Makes your gums recede, you lose jawbone mass, and your teeth fall out too.Neopatra1/31/2012 6:32PM

Have fun deluding yourselves with "genetics," while your insides/outsides rot away!turnthisaround1/31/2012 11:57AM

A+greyed2/9/2012 4:44AM

Nobody is fooling themselves into thinking smoking isn't bad. The point was that some people can +Makeupjane2/8/2012 8:57AM

Well said. Cancer takes many years before it shows up, by that time it's too late.maddy601/31/2012 11:23PM

This! Dad died of lung cancer at age 63. He hadn't smoked in more than 25 yrs.thankful12/10/2012 8:31AM

You took the words right out of my mouth! ++Summerrain19941/31/2012 8:15PM

I agree with you...well said!simplething12/8/2012 3:10PM

hahah, did u get that off of the movie "I Could Never Be Your Woman"?beliEVE3791/31/2012 5:57PM

Funny you bringing this up, I'm on Day 1 of quitting roptimothybcat1/30/2012 10:16PM

You hang in there and do whatever works for you. I quit nearly five ropSusan21481/31/2012 4:04PM

Thanks so much hon! Day Three, done! timothybcat2/2/2012 4:24AM

wow!!!! u go, girl!! :D the makeup board is proud of u!!! anisha122/2/2012 4:32AM

Awww! Thanks! Day 9, done.timothybcat2/8/2012 2:16AM

PBI: some people say smoking pot is good for dry skin, but my ex friend looks like leather :Pxchavirax1/29/2012 1:08AM

No need to smoke it to use it. Edibles, friends. lelia42/18/2012 4:58PM

The math is very simple: Your body is designed to breathe AIR, not SMOKE.Neopatra1/31/2012 6:34PM

I was going to ask this same ? about POT smoke...beliEVE3791/31/2012 6:05PM

pot haz no filter. worse for your lungscjm5171/29/2012 1:11AM

Actually pot helps with asthma, it's really not that bad for you, besides the smoke.linachu1/31/2012 9:48PM

M.J. is being studied to stop & prevent the spread of many cancers. I do not smoke it myself but ++magixz2/10/2012 3:01PM

The truth is we really don't know WHAT pot does or doesn't do to you, bc it hasn't been studied+tairourou2/8/2012 10:51AM

If you'd eaten it you wouldn't have that problem.lelia42/18/2012 4:59PM

It's actually been studied quite a bit. Just look through scholarly article resources ++ashleyanders2/11/2012 6:40PM

hahaha - what?!dmfitzg2/1/2012 3:02PM

perfumista12/1/2012 8:24AM

good point!xchavirax1/29/2012 1:12AM

LOL!berryblusher1/29/2012 1:09AM

yes... but chemo is a lot worse than fine lines so I will never smoke a cigcjm5171/29/2012 1:07AM

girl you are right. i didn't even think about this....berryblusher1/29/2012 1:08AM

amen! my coach is around 45 and has more wrinkles than my 91 year old grandma.ickivicky1/29/2012 1:04AM

smoke hates makeup sighhhhberryblusher1/29/2012 1:09AM

I smoked and tanned and drank straight vodka from a bottle. I have not one line. genetics!neicyk131/29/2012 12:59AM

Ditto and I'm 60 look 45. Genetics.lilmama511/31/2012 9:42AM

I have done all that and I have many... and you are right.. genetics.. LauraJean3961/29/2012 1:04AM

you have many what? i KNOW ur not talking about lines!berryblusher1/29/2012 1:08AM

LOL Magda from There's Something About Maryluvsbrdeddragns1/29/2012 1:03AM

LMAO!xchavirax1/29/2012 1:06AM

my aunt was the same way til about 60. but genetics is the real dealberryblusher1/29/2012 1:02AM

Thanks god I don't smoke because I already look older. lolllibellule19851/29/2012 12:59AM

lol me too!!!! lmao! berryblusher1/29/2012 1:02AM

ITA. Saw a friend I hadn't seen in a few years and she's smoked since we were +luvsbrdeddragns1/29/2012 12:59AM

same here except my friend is 27. her voice scares me.berryblusher1/29/2012 1:03AM

2nd this. I have never and will never smoke bc I have seen what it did to my 44 yr old mom :(marchigiano1/29/2012 12:58AM

omg...its a fright. my aunt was GORG (mind you bi-racial) and it all came down this year!berryblusher1/29/2012 1:03AM

mind you bi-racial??christi42001/31/2012 3:56AM

halfies are gorgeous imo xDuponbluemoon1/31/2012 3:06PM