Does Smoking Grow Hair? Man Grows Hair Inside His Throat After Years of Smoking

The New York Post covered a case of a fifty-year-old man who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day and discovered hair growing in his throat. According to the American Journal of Medical Case Reports, an Austrian man who has been a heavy smoker for 17 years went to the doctor in 2007 for his hoarse voice, chronic cough, and breathing problems.

After the man was examined, doctors found that hair was growing in his throat.

The man, who had a tracheostomy after nearly drowning at ten years old, had skin and cartilage from his ears used to cover the surgical area.

Subsequent endoscopic examinations confirmed the presence of hair growth in the area.

Although the medical team removed the hair, the man continued to seek medical attention for 14 years to have the hair removed because it continued to grow back.

The man decided to stop smoking in 2022 and had his throat’s basal cells burned to prevent new hair growth.

The medical team clarified that smoking could cause the stem cells to transform into hair-growing structures.

“Such cases are rare, with only up to two reported cases worldwide,” they stated.