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Increased anxiety and stress in the pandemic process triggers skin problems such as acne and aging. Dermatologist Dr. Hande Ulusal notes that the new generation of laser treatments can easily produce results with the effect of improvements to be made in the form of life.

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İSTANBUL (TR) - The skin, which protects the body from external factors by wrapping it like a barrier, is affected by many factors, ranging from aging and genetic characteristics to eating habits, environmental elements such as Sun, humidity, cold weather, to a person's emotional state. Stress is one of the most common causes of skin problems. Experts note that increasing stress in both private and professional life, especially in the epidemic process, leads to problems that negatively affect skin health and quality, especially acne. Dermatologist Dr. "Our skin is like a mirror of our spiritual and physical condition. It is natural for our skin to react during the epidemic process, which we spend under intense anxiety and stress. But today, none of these are irreversible problems and can be easily treated,” he said. 

Our face surrenders to stress first

“The face is the most sensitive area of our skin that alarms under stress, " said Hande Ulusal, who said that stress especially triggers skin problems on the face. It reflects our emotional state with our face, we use 17 of the 60 muscles in our face to smile, 43 of them to frown. And when I'm under stress, we involuntarily notice that my face is contracting, our eyebrows are frowning. Such conditions can lead to increased percentage lines and signs of aging on the percentage. Stress also disrupts the balance of hormones and causes the sebaceous glands in the skin to produce more sebum.  This, in turn, leads to lubrication and acne formation, in the long term, it leads to problems such as deterioration of the skin structure,” he said. 

Lifestyle also affects the skin 

He also stressed that not only stress is effective in skin problems that develop during the pandemic. Ulusal, “mental fatigue, bad habits such as smoking, attitude, pay attention to diet, restrictions are due to the skin to be exposed to enough sunlight, not an emotional breakdown of the personal care routines to cut down on many factors, such as the attention paid to them, and can accelerate skin aging and can lead to problems such as acne and also staining. For this reason, it is very important to determine the source of the problem and take steps to improve daily life before starting treatment. In this way, it is possible to increase the effectiveness of the treatment to be preferred and to prevent the recurrence of the problem,” he said. 

New trend in skin treatments: laser and light systems 

Hande Ulusal, who stated that the new generation of treatments in the fight against skin problems work much better compared to traditional treatment methods, said that laser and light systems are used to solve many problems from skin rejuvenation to spot treatment. “Lasers and light systems use high concentrations of light energy rays to improve the tone, texture and appearance of the skin, " said Hande Ulusal. Fine lines or wrinkles can be minimized thus, a more balanced skin tone, brown spots, redness, or color changes can be treated, the skin can be tightened, collagen production can be stimulated, acne or surgical scars can be destroyed. Currently, the most effective method is intense pulsed laser management, also called BBL (broadband light). The purpose of this treatment is to treat pigmentation, that is, color problems on the skin, and to rejuvenate the skin. In this way, sun damage, hyper-pigmentation (dark zones on the skin), age spots and freckles, spider veins, redness, vascular lesions and tissue problems can be prevented,” he said.