The impact of urban pollution on skin ageing has become one of the most important concerns of the cosmetic and personal care industry this century.
Manufacturers as well as active ingredient suppliers are trying to understand mechanisms of skin’s self defence, and to provide the best products to fight those external aggressions.
The effect of pollution on skin
Skin ageing is influenced by two different processes; the first one is chronological ageing, also called intrinsic ageing which regroups genetic components. The second one is premature ageing, also known as extrinsic ageing, resulting from the effect from environmental factors on the skin.1
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