Evoking Emotion: Stress Less with Skin Care
April 30, 2021
Contact Author Katerina Steventon, Ph.D., Independent Skincare Consultancy Ltd. Yorkshire, UK
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Stress, whether direct or perceived, can have a significant impact on skin health, and stress can be defined in a number of ways. One of the most popular and widely accepted definitions is: “Stress arises as a result of events exceeding individual perceived ability to cope.”This definition emphasizes the person. It is a personal perception of events as overwhelming, rather than the nature of the event, per se. Skin response to psychosocial stress is complex and governed by bidirectional communication between the nervous, endocrine and immune systems. This response is modulated by central and peripheral pathways, with the mediators produced shaping altered skin physiology, including impaired wound healing, skin barrier function and immunity.