Skin Deep
Femina|June 9, 2018

One of the biggest deterrents to skin health, pollution is almost inescapable in the times we live in. Tatiana Dias helps you navigate the grimy minefield to offer your skin the TLC it deserves.

Tatiana Dias
Skin Deep

We all know that bad skin is the result of an unhealthy diet and increasing stress levels. Not to mention careless mistakes like not removing makeup before going to bed, not drinking enough water and not getting enough sleep—little things that pile up over the years and eventually wreak havoc on your skin by causing breakouts. The biggest enemy of your skin, however, and one that you’ve probably been ignoring, has got to be pollution. And this is one hazard none of us can escape from.

If you live in a city, you might want to wake up to the fact that it’s probably the environment that’s bringing your skin down, quite literally. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), India is home to 13 of the 20 most polluted cities in the world. The 2017 State of Global Air Report, a study jointly conducted by the Health Effects Institute and the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, documented that air pollution-related deaths in India between 1990 and 2015 had risen by approximately 150 per cent! So, imagine what pollution is doing to your skin.

So rampant is the menace, that the beauty industry is experiencing a huge surge in anti-pollution skincare products that cater to this issue. This is however, just scratching the skin’s surface because merely slathering on the sunscreen alone isn’t going to solve it. For that, you first need to understand what pollution is and the ways in which it causes damage to your skin.

WHAT IS POLLUTION?

Simply put, pollution is a contamination of the natural environment—both indoors as well as outdoors. It occurs in different forms, including air, water, soil, heat and light, and noise. “Air pollution is the most common of all that affects the skin,” says Sham Kumar, education manager at Kiehl’s India. “This can lead to premature ageing of the skin, and dull and fatigued skin.”

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