Our screens are not friendly to our cells, emitting rays and doing other damage. Luckily, we found face-saving advice.
It’s becoming increasingly clear that we can’t live without our phones. A University of Missouri study found that we’re nervous and less happy, and even perform worse cognitively when we’re separated from them. However, we can’t exactly live with them either as they’ve been blamed for everything from sleeplessness to loneliness. Now there’s a new scourge to add to the list: our devices pose numerous risks to our skin that no Instagram filter can fix. Here’s the news – and your new protection plan.
Your screen time is ageing you
The culprit is the blue light – or high-energy visible (HEV) light – from your TV, computer, and smartphone, and it’s said to penetrate the skin more deeply than UV rays, depleting collagen, hyaluronic acid, and elastin. There is also evidence that the light may also worsen pigmentation problems, such as melasma (brown splotches).
Evidence tying it to skin cancers and deep wrinkles is scant, and due in part to the subject being too new for long term study results. Unfortunately, even if you use sunscreen daily, many formulas don’t protect against HEV light.
This story is from the April 2018 edition of Shape Singapore.
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