The negative effects of blue light on the skin

The generation that the vast majority of us belong to, I think, is the generation that had the last breath on social games with friends. I don't blame the current generation either, being the generation that has access to the information that we, being children, did not manage to accumulate as quickly as they do.

But how many of them are really informed about the negative effects that the laptop, the phone, the tablet, the PC emanate?

Today's blog is dedicated to the negative effects of blue light. Surely, you have heard about them and their origin, but you probably didn't know how harmful they are both for your health and for your skin, because YES, the effects are dangerous, because even doctors warn us not to stay too long in their face.

Blue light has become man's obstacle for more than four years, the pandemic amplifying the presence of this light in our lives more than was necessary.

DID YOU KNOW: Most of the time, people associate blue light with the screens of household appliances, but their true origin is actually... from the SUN?

GENERAL EFFECTS OF BLUE LIGHT FROM LAPTOP/PHONE ON THE SKIN:

- CAUSES HYPERPIGMENTATION

The artificial blue light that affects our skin can cause damage to the skin both in the short term and in the long term. There are studies that show that prolonged exposure to such light can cause hyperpigmentation, the development of melania, even leading to melasma, but the studies of 2020-2021 have shown that exposure to blue light causes hyperpigmentation.

- CAUSES OXIDATIVE STRESS IN THE SKIN

Being the kind of stress that causes an imbalance between oxidants and antioxidants, in favor of oxidants, leading to a destructive and pathogenic potential, but the impact that many of us do not want is to give us premature aging.

HOW DO WE PROTECT OURSELVES AGAINST BLUE LIGHT?

- ANTI-OXIDANTS

Look for products that contain antioxidants, such as serum with vitamin C+E, which helps me against oxidative stress, the use of sunscreens with minerals from zinc oxide or titanium dioxide that will physically block UV light from penetrating the skin. Niacinamide and hyaluronic acid are two essential ingredients for a sun protection cream that will help you against aging.

- TRUST IN SPF

The most important thing you need is a broad-spectrum sunscreen of at least SPF 30 .

CONCLUSION

Look at us at the end of the blog, I hope that what you read will teach you how exposed your skin is if you spend too much time in front of the electronic tools you use every day, how exposed your skin health is when you don't even know, and it's more important to know HOW to protect yourself, especially when you have so many products around you that help you have a young and healthy skin.

Having said that, take care of your skin health, and the wowskin team is waiting for you at the next blog.