• Pollution and skin

    Pollution and skin

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    ORIGINS AND POTENTIAL TREATMENTS Atmospheric pollution: a danger for the health of your skin. The synergistic action of environmental pro-oxidants amplifies skin aging. The skin is the mean interface between our body and the external environment. It acts as a biological barrier against a range of chemicals and physical environmental pollutants. It is defined as the first defense against the environment because of its...
  • WHAT IS THE EXPOSOME ?

    WHAT IS THE EXPOSOME ?

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    We tend to think that the skin ages with the passage of time. But did you know that some factors are more important to skin aging than just timing or genetics? The genome is only responsible for 25% of diseases or aging processes. This explains why two genetically identical twins can age drastically differently if they lead different lifestyles and are not exposed to...
  • Management of oxidative stress after aesthetic procedures in plastic surgery and dermatology

    Management of oxidative stress after aesthetic procedures in plastic surgery and dermatology

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    The most significant factors that affect cutaneous wound healing are oxygenation, infection, age and sex hormones, stress, diabetes, obesity, medications, alcoholism, smoking, and nutrition. Oxidative stress reflects an imbalance between the systemic manifestation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) and a biological system's ability to repair the resulting damage. It causes strand breaks in DNA.  In humans, oxidative stress is thought to be involved in...
  • Effectively attenuate extrinsic skin aging

    Effectively attenuate extrinsic skin aging

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    From the time we are born, aging occurs in all the organs of our body and there is no exception for our skin, which is the largest organ and shows the first and the most visible signs of aging.  Cutaneous ageing is induced by external and intrinsic factors.  Intrinsic aging is inevitable and results in a gradual dermal atrophy, leaving a dry thin skin and...
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