7 Tips to Avoid ‘Skin Pollution’
City life has its perks, but one downside can be the effects of pollution on your skin. Here are seven tips to deal with what I call ‘ skin pollution .’ I’ve traveled to some wonderful cities around the world to areas where pollution is a huge problem. It’s astounding what you can find on a white washcloth after walking through a busy city at the end of the day. The effects of air pollution are many and can include skin texture, irritation and even skin aging, to name a few. Pollution can also zap your skin of its healthy glow and leave it looking dull in appearance. Let’s take a good look at pollution, understand how it affects our skin, and learn what we can do to counter those effects. What is Pollution? Contamination comes in various structures. There's noticeable contamination that you can in a real sense clear off your skin and see on your washcloth. What's more, there's contamination that comes in gas structure, for example, nitrogen dioxide, sulfur, carbon monoxid...