An elegant foot female fitting a red shoe, which with spiked heels crushes a cigarette with filter. And, below the word 'quit makes you beautiful'. It 'the new Italian league campaign to fight cancer (Lilt), which this year is supported by data from two scientific research, presented today at a conference at the headquarters of the City of Milan, at Palazzo Marino. 'Stop makes you beautiful' is true, because a woman stops smoking, within 9 months just get a skin rejuvenation average of 13 years of biological life. And not fattening - as erroneously believed - indeed, in 75% of cases lose weight or maintain a maximum of what was. To prove it are two studies, conducted respectively by Lidia Lewandowski dietitian and Adele Sparavigna dermatology, director of clinical research Derming. The study dermatology, which involved (like the one on weight loss) 64 Milan followed women between February and November 2007, was based on a validated method three years ago with a study of 200 healthy women and non-smokers, partly funded by Ministry of Education.
On that occasion, looking with objective method parameters such as elasticity of the skin, regularity of microrilievo and different optical properties, researchers had arrived with a complex statistical analysis to determine the biological age of the skin of the face. Recently the same method was used to assess the change of 'biological age of the face of the 64 women included in the new study, which was asked to stop smoking and to undergo such checks, three, six and nine months. The same women were then examined from a diet. The response was precisely'13 years old 'biological and a few pounds less. In short, it is true that 'stop makes you beautiful'.