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We all want glass skin. For that, we go to any extent. From home hacks, DIY face packs, following the latest skin trends to all those expensive skin care products – we do it all. But if those dark circles continue to exist and your skin remains as pale as it was, the problem lies somewhere else. You won’t like it, but let us tell you that your smartphone is the problem. Yes, it may be shocking, but as per a skin expert, staying glued to your smartphone can affect your skin.
Excessive use of mobile phones exposes you to harmful radiofrequency (RF) fields emitted from the devices. And it goes without saying that these rays aren’t good for your skin. Here’s some more science – these radiations are electromagnetic rays. In totality, the more use keep your skin expose to your smartphone, the more damage you are doing to it
According to Dr Sravya. C. Tipirneni, consultant dermatologist and cosmetologist at Manipal Hospital, Bengaluru, the dependency on mobile phones for social media presence, communication, or other purposes can neither be ignored nor reduced.
She says, “The addiction with phones and the various harmful effects that it has on a person’s mind, body, and health are being noticed. However, the least known but significantly serious effects that cell phone usage can have on a person’s skin, are not well-noticed.”
Dermatitis is an umbrella term to describe skin inflammation. This problem usually makes your skin red and itchy and can occur in different forms due to various causes. Sometimes, there can also be swollen rashes, blister oozes, or flake-offs. Cell phone radiations accelerate antigens even further in those suffering from allergies. The use of nickel and cobalt in the phone trimmings can also cause skin dermatitis combined with radiation.
“Crow’s feet refer to a branching sort of a wrinkle that usually forms at the outer corner of a person’s eye. These lines mostly diverge from a point in a bird footprint design, giving it the name. Prolonged gazing at the mobile screen and continuous staring down can lead to the formation of wrinkles around the eyes and neck. The smaller font size and the reduced brightness further aggravate the problem,” tells Dr Tipirneni.
Staring down continuously over a long duration of time can cause wrinkles on the neck, and this is an initial sign of ageing. The persistent and regular gazing gradually damages the collagen in the neck. This further causes neck wrinkles.
This is one of the most known, most observed skin impacts. The blue light coming out of the cell phones impacts one’s sleeping patterns. The lesser a person sleeps, the more are the possibilities of eye bags and dark circles under the eye.
“Yes! It might be news for you but it’s true. Studies have discovered that mobile phones are major carriers of bacteria and germs. Experts even call mobiles more unhygienic than a public toilet. The phones are exposed to innumerable surfaces throughout the day which transfers the tiny germs and we keep using our phones the same way, never realizing how many germs we are giving access to our body, resulting in allergies and acne on the skin,” suggests Dr Tipirneni.
The most basic way to avoid these skin problems is quite simple, make minimum use of mobile phones.
So ladies, before you spend a fortune on those skin treatments and products, first check whether your smartphone is responsible for damaging your skin or not, and then take a call.
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