boosting collagen in smoking cessation
RESCUE AND REPAIR SKIN, TEETH AND HAIR WHEN YOU QUIT SMOKING
in this section: skin | teeth | hair
Let’s start with some good news: Our skin cells turn over replacing old ones with new ones every 28-40 days.
Which means we are likely to see improvements in our skin within about 30 days or so of quitting without doing anything but quit smoking. Of course, supplements and treatments can offer support and aid the speed and the “health” of the cell turnover to help the process.
The easiest thing we can do in cessation is just start restoring the deficiencies common in smokers, and essential to regrowth of collagen, like selenium and vitamin c.
It is well known that smoking robs our body’s ability to make collagen.
But when you look at the what the essential vitamins, minerals and amino acids needed for our body to produce collagen, you can see that smokers are commonly deficiency in many of them. (denoted by *)
Amino Acids L-Glycine | L-Lysine | L-Proline | L-Threonine | L-Glutamine
Zinc*
In order for your skin to regain elasticity to the extent it’s possible, your body also needs gelatin, you can get gelatin from these powders, bone broth and to a lesser degree that’s packed with sugar, kinda fun every once in a while: Jell-O!
High powered antioxidants like polyphenols, cilantro, parsley and chlorophyll may also provide a boost to your skins’ health by helping to clear out heavy metals and free radicals.
While supplements may help our skin to build from the inside out, there are also easy at home treatments and products we can add to our beauty regimen to improve the health and vibrancy of our skin, hair and teeth.
What I love most about these treatments is that they are form of self-care and many of treatments I do at home have both a “calming” and “zen” feel to them, so I find that not only can they boost your “glow” but they can help calm cravings and anxiety.
In fact, many of the facial treatments are great to pair with a 15 - 20 mini-meditation practice.