title: [Addiction to tobacco and the consequences for the skin].
abstract: Consumption of tobacco is hazardous to the health. It leads to cardiovascular diseases, and increases the incidence of numerous neoplasms. The adverse effects on the skin are less well-known and often ignored. Changes in the rheologic characteristics of the blood, increased vasoconstriction and damage to the epithelial layer of the vessel play an important pathogenic role in impaired wound healing, thromboangiitis obliterans and peripheral arterial obstructive diseases. Interactions with collagen metabolism are of special significance in wound healing and skin aging. The immunological effects, such as the induction of an inflammation reaction play a role in palmoplantar pustulosis, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, acne vulgaris, acne inversa, thromboangiitis obliterans and lupus erythematodes. In addition, immunosuppression caused by nicotine consumption may contribute to the pathogenesis of human papilloma-virus infections, malignant melanoma and epithelial tumors of the skin and neighboring mucous membranes.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Hautklinik Tübingen, Tuebingen.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Krug
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wünsche
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Blum
mesh_terms: D004967:Estrogens / Q000172:deficiency; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008545:Melanoma / Q000209:etiology; D009538:Nicotine / Q000633:toxicity; D012307:Risk Factors; D012867:Skin / Q000098:blood supply; D015595:Skin Aging / Q000187:drug effects; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D014661:Vasoconstriction / Q000502:physiology; D014945:Wound Healing / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D014028:Tobacco Smoke Pollution; D009538:Nicotine