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Smoking can cause discoloration of the legs, dry skin and chronic irritation in the ankle and calf region, due to constriction of blood vessels in the already-thin skin.

This is the same process that causes premature aging of the skin on other parts of the body, most noticeably the face. Heavy smoking can, for example, make a 40-year-old have the facial skin of a 60-year-old -- especially if combined with damage from tanning.

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