Have I caused permanent damage?

[Anonymous]

I used to have bad habits. My vitals all look good. I quit vaping/smoking forever at 27.5. My blood pressure is fair/ideal, 118/78 and 83 beats. BMI ideal, 6ft0.5 and 173 lbs. 15% body fat. Gonna get my lipid profile checked. I do weights 2X a week and a bit of cardio and walking. I get good sleep, rest and have a stress free life. I plan to keep this.

my habits - I started vaping at 19. I then started smoking at 21 mostly light/mod, then there were many months of smoking a pack a day and chain smoking, then I just went back to vaping as it’s less harmful but I’ve probably had years of smoking a disposable vape a day and chain vaping it. In university I also used to drink excessively.

I quit mainly because I’m health conscious and I also noticed it affecting me like the vaping suddenly made my lungs really tight and I couldn’t exercise as hard but when I quit this all went back to normal after a couple months

You probably haven’t cause permanent damage

You probably have caused permanent damage

Who knows

[rgb008]

Smoking and vaping causes permanent damage. You may seem healthy right now, but the future will show it. You’ll age faster too. Smoking and vaping causes your skin to age like milk. Just like too much sunburns for the course of your life. Enjoy the future.

[Asker]

You are very wrong and should educate yourself.

I am at the age where I can reverse damage and relatively low cumulative exposure. In my ethnicity we don’t age quick like white people do and since I have removed this exposure there’s no ongoing risk. No evidence exists that ex smokers age faster once they’ve quit young.

My lifestyle also puts me ahead 90+% of people including you. Some people also just get lucky, I’ve been afforded very good genes. I look my age. I’m the type of individual that can get away with these habits doing bad habits and still bounce back and be better than most

Ageing is more of a female issue than a male one if you ask me.

[rgb008]

Nah you can still look like leather from smoking as a male

[Asker]

True. But I look like I’ve never done anything. Which is why I’ve quit at the right time. I think it’s more to do with social class. You always see people from
Middle and working class looking horrible

[Alex-Snow]

Good job on quitting vaping and smoking. You made the correct decision.