3 Products to Protect Your Skin From Pollution

These skin-care solutions add a layer of defense to a growing problem

Fiorella Valdesolo

Feb. 13, 2018 1:12 p.m. ET

ROUGHLY ONE THIRD of all Americans live somewhere with unhealthy air, and while the problem is more severe in cities, no one is immune. “Pollution is mobile,” notes German skin specialist Barbara Sturm. In fact, a NASA study showed that 43 percent of ozone pollution in western U.S. states emanates from China. And airborne pollutants, Sturm adds, interfere not only with the function of our skin barrier, accelerating aging and leading to hyperpigmentation, but also with our DNA, contributing to everything from eczema to skin cancer.

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