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How to Quit Smoking and Improve Your Skin in 5 Easy Steps

by Valerie DeVette

Stopping smoking is one of the most difficult things to accomplish. So many of us have tried to 'butt it out' but find ourselves lighting up within a few days, all to the detriment of our skin. The following steps will help you finally quit and bring back the vitality in your skin!

The Steps

1. Implement a plan for quitting that is right for you 2. Throw away all your cigarettes, lighters, ash trays, and anything related to smoking 3. Write down all the reasons you want to quit and keep it with you everywhere you go 4. Stay hydrated constantly throughout the day 5. Begin using a product that reverses the signs of premature aging

Implimenting a Quit Plan

It is of upmost importance to find a quitting action plan that is right for you. Some people find quitting cold turkey the easiest option; however, if you have already been down this path and find yourself eventually giving in to cravings, you may find it easier to cut down progressively over a period of time.

Put it all in the trash

The need for a smoke can be kicked offby a number of triggers. By removing cigarettes, lighters, ash trays, and anything related to smoking from your house or place of work you are also removing the likelihood you will think of smoking throughout your day.

Jot Down The Reasons Why

By making a note of the health, personal, and skin benefits of quitting in addition to your specific motivations for butting out you are creating an internal wall of will power. Take this wherever you go and when you feel at your weakest, read them for strength.

Make Water Your Friend

Water is imperative to rehydration, both internally and externally. Your skin needs water just as much as the rest of you. As smoking is the most common cause for dry, prematurely aged skin, water should become your best friend.

Seek Anti-Aging Assistance for Your Skin

Smoking is drastically detrimental to your skin through the depletion of oxygen and blood supply, and the reduction of vitamin A and C - all of which heavily contribute to premature aging, wrinkles, and dry, leathery skin. It may be necessary to include an all natural skin care cream into your rehabilitation regime.

Abolishing smoking from your daily routine will not only make you begin feel like a new person, you will also begin to look like a new person. No longer will your skin be in need of water, oxygen, blood, or essential vitamins. You will be walking the path to youthful, revitalized skin!

If the countless years of smoking has caused extreme levels of damage to your skin, or the signs of premature aging need accelerated recovery, look to natural products such as rose hip seed oil, or rosa mosqueta. These products contain skin renewal activators that rapidly assist in skin rehydration, thereby nourishing and revitalizing your skin and reversing the detrimental effects of smoking.

Published February 2nd, 2009

Filed in Health, Skin Care