| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 9 Cardiovascular Disease |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour |
| Cardiovascular Disease: Facial Wrinkling and "Smokers Face" |
| globalink (artefact pour saut de ligne) |
| Smokers have significantly more elastosis in their facial skin than nonsmokers; this |
| increased elastotic material may cause the gray hue and prominent wrinkling |
| associated with "smoker's face." |
| Skin and Allergy News, December 1999 |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour saut |
| Characteristics of "smoker's face" include increased wrinkling, gauntness, and |
| discoloration. An increase in elastotic material, or elastosis, may contribute to the |
| clinical features of "smoker's face." |
| Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology 41:23, 1999 |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour |
| Page 18 of 22 |
| globalink (artefact pour saut de ligne) |
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