New Delhi: With the air quality worsening in the Delhi-NCR region, health experts on Wednesday revealed that doctors have observed a 30 percent jump in skin related problems here.
Toxic high pollution in the Delhi-NCR is not only taking a toll on people’s health but is also adversely affecting their skin, causing allergies, rashes, and premature aging, thereby forcing them to seek medical treatments.
According to VK Sharma, Professor, and Head, Department of Dermatology, AIIMS in New Delhi, exposure to pollution lead to early aging of skin, pigmentation, skin irritation and other skin related problems.
Due to the high pollution level, patients suffering from skin allergy experience aggravation.
“It is proven by research that a high level of PM 2.5 present in the air leads to inflammation of the skin. Due to high levels of pollution in Delhi, the number of patients with skin problems has gone up,” Sharma said.
As the capital is turning into a gas chamber, along with respiratory, heart and other health problems, skin related problems are also rising.
With winters around the corner, the situation is only getting worse, forcing people to seek medical help.
“While our skin is meant to work as a protective layer and ward off environmental hazards, the current levels of pollution is way too much for it to endure, resulting in various skin problems and premature aging,” said Dr. Ajaya Kashyap, Medical Director, KAS Medical Centre and MedSpa in New Delhi.
“In the last few days, we received a record number of patients with skin-related issues and also for anti-aging treatments, we see almost 30 percent increase in a number of patients,” Kashyap stressed.
According to experts, since Delhi’s pollution is characterized by extremely high levels of Particulate Matter (PM), reaching up to even 999 in some days, while the permissible level is 60 micrograms, it is even worse for the skin.
