#5 Pay Attention If You are Reading This Report on a Smartphone
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You must be communicating and searching every day and most likely even be reading this report on a smartphone. Korea’s smartphone penetration rate is higher than any other country in the world, and with this gadget has come an immense amount of convenience. This ease, however, also comes with several health-related side effects. Turtle neck syndrome, dry eye and wrist tunnel syndrome are some of the so called “smartphone syndromes” that everyone must have heard of at least once by now. But are you aware that the use of a smartphone also has a bad influence on your skin condition?
LBLL, devoted to exploring today’s lifestyle and skin concerns, revealed their research results suggesting that frequent use of smartphones and tablet PCs increases the gravitational force placed on the skin and thereby induces jawline sagginess and wrinkle development.
LBLL compared the sagginess of skin while standing up and when using a smartphone with a younger group in their 20s-30s and a middle-aged group in their 50s or older. The results showed that the level of skin sagginess was higher for those who made the posture of using a smartphone repeatedly for a longer time.
LBLL, devoted to exploring today’s lifestyle and skin concerns, tried to verify whether skin sagginess can be induced from the posture of using a smartphone with the participation of a younger group in their 20s-30s and a middle-aged group in their 50s or older. The results showed that skin sagginess occurred in the lower cheek, jawline and lower jawline for all test subjects and the level of sagginess grew higher with age, as shown in the chart below. In other words, skin sagginess when standing and while using a smartphone has a meaningful difference. This obvious dissimilarity was higher among those in the middle-aged group (50 or older) compared to within the younger group (20s-30s).
The results have to do with the posture we make when using smartphones. Our head is tilted down to about 35-40°. Compared to when we are standing up, the load our cervical spine (neck bones) has to bear jumps by 3 to 5 times. This largely increases the level of gravity we have to withstand and pulls down on our facial skin.
The time spent on smartphone use is rising dramatically regardless of demographic categories. More people are suffering from spine-related disorders, such as pain in the neck or back. Some are even experiencing presbyopia, which is supposed to happen to people in their 40s or older, in their teens. People are starting to insist that we need adequate distancing with smartphones. Distancing with smartphones is necessary to prevent skin sagginess as well. Even though you may have excellent skin elasticity, sagginess can be accelerated by holding a phone-face posture for extended hours. As a preventive measure, try avoiding your smartphone as much as possible and hold it up high when you have to use it. Also, keep paying attention to skincare solutions for preventing sagginess.
