Spots.

[S23409]

Hi. Had anybody else started getting spots on their face after quitting? Apart from the spots I feel ok.

[jillygirl Administrator LONG TERM WINNER]

Hi , S23409, Getting spots is a common withdrawal symptom. Your skin is regenerating and de-toxing all those nasty chemicals from smoking. It takes about 1 month for your skin to get back to being healthy and probably better than it has ever been. Moisturise and make sure your getting enough vitamin c. xxx

[S23409 38 Months in reply to jillygirl]

I've never used moisturiser! Being a man I've started growing a beard which covers most of the spots!

[jillygirl Administrator LONG TERM WINNER in reply to S23409]

Oops never thought of that. sorry!

[Midwife91 10 MONTH WINNER]

Me! Google Quit Zits 😂 there’s lots of people reporting the same thing. I’ve had them since the first few weeks, on day 50 something of my quit now as they’ve settled down a bit but my skin is still worse than when I was a smoker 🙈

Apparently it does end eventually and then your skin is much better for it- here’s hoping that stage hurries up 🤣

Xxx

[S23409 38 Months in reply to Midwife91]

Thanks. I look like I did when I was 13!!! My skin looks bad but some wrinkles are going so it's a trade off.

[Midwife91 10 MONTH WINNER in reply to S23409]

I’ve honestly never had skin like this even as a teenager I never really had any spots 🙈 xx

[Teeny81 4 YEARS WINNER]

3 weeks in and my face is the best it's been since before puberty lol... I've always had lots of blackheads and now have none.

[fabfourer 5 MONTH WINNER]

thanks everyone ,its getting me down face covered it big sore spots first one side then the other ,,never had a spot problem before but its normally around 6 week quit i go back to smoking as it starts messing with my thyroid and stuff ..dont want to do that this time ..hopefully the spots will settle in a few more days..like quitting nicotine wasnt hard enough