Selfies Might Be Doing This To Your Skin

One lifestyle blogger who takes dozens of selfies every day has made us aware of the effects that selfies may be having on our skin. 

According to Daily Mail, the blogger Mehreen Baig takes up to 50 selfies a day for her blog and Instagram, and after becoming worried the light from her phone was doing damage to her skin, she decided to do a little research. 

She apparently found that studies have shown the blue light our screens emit might be as harmful as UVA and UVB rays.

Baig has noticed larger pores and dark circles under her eyes, and so she took it upon herself to enlist the help of dermatologist Dr. Simon Zokaie to find out if her phone was behind the changes in her skin.

Dr. Zokaie explained the three primary factors that age skin are pollution, sun damage and HEV light damage. These all cause our skin to become overheated and inflamed, which as a results causes an overproduction of the free radicals, and this is what causes the damage. 

A majority of damage caused by HEV light is undetectable to the human eye, and we have no form of protection as sunscreen does not block HEV light.

So, what’s a selfie/phone/laptop addicted person to do? Dr. Zokaie recommends wearing an antioxidant serum during the day to prevent further damage. At night, lay those antioxidant gels and creams on thick.

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