How Does Air Pollution Affect Your Skin?

How can something you don’t see, like air pollution, affect your skin? Studies have shown air pollution has a significant effect on everything, from our skin to the toxins we breathe in. Pollutants like dust, smog, and exhaust from automobiles, trucks and other vehicles damage our skin. Are you or someone you live closely with a smoker? Even smoking damages your skin.

All of these forms of air pollution cause skin irritation, like the kind you get with allergic reactions, rashes, and other forms of redness. Worse that this, air pollutants damage your skin and accelerate aging. They cause wrinkles and decreased elasticity. There have been reports that upwards of 90% of premature aging is caused by pollution.

We have long known about the damage caused by UV rays but other things that impact the skin are often downplayed or neglected altogether. These things should be taken into account with skin care, especially if you live in an urban environment. That’s right. If you live in the city you are far more likely to be exposed to elements that damage your skin. Part of this has to do with the greater number of cars, construction sites, and factories due to higher population.

The air in urban areas definitely has a lot more dust and toxic chemicals than does the countryside, and exposure to these pollutants has immediate access to the top layers of skin via the air around you. They cause a lot of negative side effects including dark spots; dull and gray skin tone and more.

And remember our first question, “How can something you don’t see affect your skin?” Some of the pollutants listed here are so small they get into your skin via your pores. They cause dehydration and inflammation, both of which damage your skin by breaking down the one thing that gives your skin its firmness and youthful elasticity: collagen.

Some urban areas are worse than others and in areas with the worst air quality, the ozone layer that protects your skin from the sun can be disrupted and skin cancer can be a concern. Unfortunately this is not like sunburn, which is immediately noticed and felt, some damaging elements affect you gradually, making them harder to detect. If you don’t know about them, you can’t deal with them.

Does this man you need to leave the city life and move to the forest? Not if you don’t want to. You can use measures to take care of your skin. First of all, drink plenty of water to stay hydrated. Then use a skin care regimen that will help you care for your skin. Keracell ® has products that will help you do just that.

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