Posts Tagged ‘Smoking-Induced Pigmentation: Why ?’
Smoking-Induced Pigmentation: Why ? (For Professionals)
Friday, May 10th, 2013Smoking tobacco is known for inducing skin pigmentation. In vitro the authors cultures human epidermal melanocytes. When cultured with tobacco smoke extract: Pigment cells (melanocytes) grew to a large size and produced more melanin. Some melanocytes were irradiated with UVB light (another cause of pigmentation), and a similar production of melanin was observed. However the […]
