Held every four years, the World Congress of Dermatology is the largest dermatology meeting in the world. On this occasion, Mary Kay
presented their applied science findings on pollution and skin damage.
On June 12, the company hosted a symposium titled “Environmental
Stressors and Skin: Beyond UV.”
Moderated by Michelle Hines, Director, Global Upstream Research & Technology at Mary Kay, the symposium featured two renowned
European skin experts: Jean Krutmann, M.D., Professor & Director at
Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine - Dusseldorf,
Germany, and Stefanie Williams, Dermatologist & Medical Director at
EUDELO,United Kingdom.
A pioneer of environmental medicine, Professor Krutmann has been relentlessly working in the field of skin protection. “Since I
discovered in 2010 that air pollution causes skin aging and skin
pigmentation, my institute has conducted a lot of research to verify
this observation and to unravel the underlying mechanisms. From these
studies it is now clear that long term exposure to traffic-related
particulate matter (PM) is not only dangerous for our lungs and
cardiovascular system, but skin health is compromised as well,” stated
JeanKrutmann.
We might not be able to separate the damage caused to the skin by UV exposure from those caused by air pollution clinically; however, given
the major research advances made in skin and air pollution science, my
expectation is that the adverse effects of pollution on skin health will
continue to have a growing impact in the future in high-density
cities," further explained Dr. Stefanie Williams, M.D.
In addition, at the 5th Future of Formulations in Cosmetics Summit, Michelle Hines will reveal Mary Kay’s latest research on an antioxidant
complex that helps delay the onset of premature signs of skin aging
related to the damaging effects of diesel exhaust particles (DEP). The
technology, found in the Mary Kay® TimeWise® Miracle Set 3D™ skin care
line, provides a free-radical fighting regimen with an exclusive,
patent-pending, three-dimensional approach to skin aging.
