Abstract

In the world of personal care, the new idea of beauty is no longer conditioned by the age. “Millennials” or “baby boomers” show a positive attitude towards their own age. New skincare cosmetic treatments become “pro-age” instead of “anti-age”: they do not fight the signs of time but act on the skin’s needs, enhancing its natural appearance.

Latest scientific evidence confirms, that air pollution contributes to premature skin aging and may even be the primary cause of extrinsic aging in some cases. Especially for airborne particulate matter (PM) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) negative influence on skin integrity has been shown. Cosmetology gives us new tools and active ingredients to find an ideal solution. In the next few pages, keyplayers in the antiageing field have been invited to enter into details of these solutions and of latest technological developments.

A NEW APPROACH TO ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS

Patricia L. Moreira 
Skin Care Product Manager,
Chemyunion

Latest scientific evidence confirms, that air pollution contributes to premature skin aging and may even be the primary cause of extrinsic aging in some cases. Especially for airborne particulate matter (PM) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) negative influence on skin integrity has been shown.

Particulate materials (PM) are a complex mixture of particulates suspended in the air containing metals, minerals, organic toxins and biological materials from natural and industrial sources beyond the exhaust of automobile, cigarettes and fire. They can be divided into three types depending on the size of the particles: ultrathin, thin (PM_2.5) and thick (PM₁₀) and, both its size and composition are linked to cardiovascular and respiratory diseases. However, i ...