Cosmetology and toxicology: about the nature of toxic effects on the skin
Symptoms and signs of systematic intoxication
Cosmetologists claim: "There are no ugly women, there are bad cosmetics", in response the doctor will say: "Problem skin is a toxicological problem." And the truth, as always, is somewhere in the middle - the fact is that both are right.
Cosmetology and toxicology, a science that studies the effect of poisons on humans, have been dealing with their problems for millennia without intersecting with each other, and the body is a single integrated system, and the state of one organ mutually affects the state of others.
The processes of formation of toxic substances and their neutralization are normally balanced, and a person feels healthy and looks accordingly. However, when the flow of toxic substances exceeds the capacity of the body's detoxification system (as a result of which it begins to work with overvoltage), the functional and structural state of cells deteriorates and health problems arise.
Well, what about the skin? She also "suffers" at the same time. Its properties deteriorate: turgor, elasticity, which leads to laxity and premature formation of wrinkles. An unhealthy color appears (depending on the predominance of certain toxic substances in the body, the skin can acquire a yellow, gray, earthy shade), circles under the eyes, puffiness. Allergic and inflammatory skin changes develop.
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