How does environmental pollution affect the Skin?
The increase pollution of air over
the years has important effects on the skin of human. The skin is exposed to
environmental air and ultraviolet radiation (UVR) pollutants such as aromatic
polycyclic hydrocarbons (PAHs), volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ozone (O3), oxides, particulate matter
(PM), and smoke of cigarette. Again skinof human acts as a
biological shield against physical air pollutants and pro-oxidative
chemicals, the prolonged exposure to more levels of these
pollutants may have intense effects on the skin which are negative. Exposure of
the skin to pollutants of air has been combined with allergic skin or
inflammatory and skin aging conditions such as eczema, atopic dermatitis,
psoriasis or acne, while skin cancer is
among the most serious effects. On the another hand, few of the air pollutants
(i.e., nitrogen dioxide, O3, and sulfur dioxide) and
spread particulates (clouds and soot) in the troposphere reduce the effects of
wavelength is shorter UVR and important reductions in UV irradiance
have been observed in polluted urban areas.
Major air pollutants with effects on the skin
include the solar PAHs, UVR, VOCs, PM, O3, NOx, and cigarette smoke.
Significant effects moderate by air pollutants on the human skin may contribute
to skin aging, skin cancer, psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, and acne.
Oxides have been combining with increasing
dermatitis of
atopic as well as increasing of the disease in children. VOCs and due to NOx,
the formation of photochemical oxidant products -mainly O3- at
ground level, also known as photochemical summer smog. No protection
to O3 has been associated with urticarial, eczema, contact
dermatitis, and other not specific explosion. Exposure to PM donates to
external skin aging (pigmented macules, wrinkles, or spots). Cigarette smoking
has been associated with skin aging (wrinkles, skin dryness, skin dyschromias),
and the combination of smoking and sun exposure may have a collective effect on
skin aging. Moreover, it has been associated with skin cancer (SCC, BCC),
vulgaris and acne psoriasis.
Air pollution,
UV rays, and blue light, can cause fine lines sagging, wrinkles, and dark spots. “All these factors of
environmental work by creating oxidative damage in
the skin, which breaks down collagen and to damage the barrier
function of the skin.
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