Protecting your skin from pollution

If you want healthy, glowing skin, the best place to start is with a healthy lifestyle and an excellent skin care routine. Nutritious food and adequate sleep are the building blocks for healthy skin. However, there is one often-overlooked factor in skin care that might be affecting the health of your skin—pollution.

According to A Woman’s Health, healthy skin starts from the inside out, but skin damage can start from the outside in. Smog, dust, dirt, and other particulates in the air pose risks to the skin, your largest organ. Short of staying indoors or donning a biohazard suit, there are steps you can take to shield your skin and reduce the consequences of pollution.

Unless you live high in the Himalayan Mountains, you most likely encounter some sort of pollution every day. The diminishing ozone has led to increased exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays and, as a result, increased rates of melanoma. Furthermore, the air is filled with all sorts of pollutants, such as cigarette smoke, car exhaust, smog, dirt, dust, and other particulates. These pollutants increase the levels of free radicals produced by the body. Free radicals are unstable molecules that attack human cells and damage DNA. They lead to aging, tissue damage, and possible disease.

Free radicals are everywhere—in the air we breathe, the foods we eat, sunlight, and pollution. In fact, recent research indicates that the average person inhales about 300 cigarettes’ worth of persistent free radicals (PFRs) each day. PFRs are free radicals similar to those found in cigarettes and appear to be pervasive in the environment.

Dr. Spiller Biomimetic Skin Care Sensitive Beauty Care Day is a gentle regenerating day cream that enables your skin to regain its balance and be protected from environmental influences. An effective combination of Avocado, Grape Seed and Calendula Oils make it ideal for even the most sensitive, couperose and acne skin. This is a restoring cream with healing properties of Arnica, Calendula and Vitamin E. An effective formulation to enable the skin to regain balance and protection from damaging free radicals. The skin is calmed and irritations are soothed. A suitable moisturizer for sensitive skin with acne and broken blood vessels.

With its oil base, this product is best suited for Combination, Young and Sensitive skin types and can be used as a day cream. Apply evenly to a cleansed and toned face, neck and décolleté and after application of appropriate serum. Massage into skin until fully absorbed.

Active ingredients:
Calendula Oil
Avocado Oil
Arnica
Grapeseed Oil
Vitamin E / Tocopherol