Today, I would want to talk about screen time and aging, and if they have any correlation.
First, let’s talk about how much we are interacting in a digital world now a days. According to a poll of Pew Research Center found out that nearly 30% of adults in the United States say they are online “almost constantly”.
Another study done by Nielsen Company audience reported, the average person in the United States spends approximately 10 hours and 39 minutes each day. This average of 10 hours and 39 minutes includes our daily use of smartphones, computers, video games, radios, tablets and TVs.
Having this information, we can say that Americans spend in average 10 hours a day and it is becoming a new style of life to interact more with digital devices.
What long-term exposure to blue light can cause to our skin?
When it comes to blue light also called HEV (Hight Energy Visible) light emitted by smartphones and other similar devices, a 2018 research study suggests that your selfie habit may be to blame for those newly sprouted wrinkles and dark spots. According to the study, even short-term exposure to blue light from electronic devices can “increase the generation of reactive oxygen species” as skin is a primary target of oxidative stress. Blue light is also known to penetrate the skin deeper, damaging essential proteins and resulting in wrinkles and loss of firmness. Source: Does Blue Light Damage Skin? We Find Out. (dermstore.com)
The wavelengths emitted from phones and computer screens — may also be causing accelerated aging, even if you're not looking directly at it, a new study suggests. (Taken from: Daily exposure to blue light may accelerate aging, even if it doesn't reach your eyes -- ScienceDaily)
What exactly is blue light?
Blue light is the highest energy light in the visible spectrum. It's generally defined as visible light from 380 to 500 nanometers.
Blue light's high energy "gives blue light the ability to penetrate more deeply into the dermis than wavelengths with lower energy.
Blue light from your computer and phone screens can cause premature aging and other issues, according to different research, this sound too general then this need to be explained in deep.
But what does blue light do to your skin?
Blue light is also known to penetrate the skin deeper, damaging essential proteins and resulting in wrinkles and loss of firmness. Blue light contributes to premature aging, pigmentation, eye damage, cell shrinkage, wrinkles and photo damage.
When it comes to HEV light emitted by smartphones and other similar devices, a 2018 research study suggests that your selfie habit may be to blame for those newly sprouted wrinkles and dark spots. According to the study, even short-term exposure to blue light from electronic devices can “increase the generation of reactive oxygen species” as skin is a primary target of oxidative stress. Blue light is also known to penetrate the skin deeper, damaging essential proteins and resulting in wrinkles and loss of firmness.
All this speed up the aging process. Even exposures as short as 60 minutes can trigger these changes. That is why is important you take conscious on this subject if you want to preserve the health of your skin and your beauty.
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Elizabeth Quiroz
Bachelor in Marketing and MBA from Lima, Peru also holds postgraduate studies in Sales from ESIC Business & Marketing School from Barcelona, Spain. For the last 5 years she has been dedicated her life to her children and to permanently being researching on how to preserve a young skin for woman in a new era where we interact, work and even do exercises in a digital world.
She has taken courses about Bach Flower, and she believes in natural derived ingredients and animal cruelty free for the development of skincare products.