Ozone Landing

The skin’s greatest enemy is no longer just the sun:

Ground level ozone (O3) pollution is shown to cause signs of premature aging

Ozone is a colorless gas that occurs both in the earth’s upper atmosphere and at ground level. Depending on its location in the atmosphere, ozone can be categorized as "good" or "bad".

How is ground level ozone (O3) formed?

Tropospheric ozone is created by chemical reactions between oxides of nitrogen (NOx), volatile organic compounds (VOC), and sunlight.

sunlight

NOx

Sources of NOx include automobile emissions and industrial sources such as power plants and industrial boilers.

VOC

Man-made VOCs come from household and commercial products, as well as cigarette smoke, pesticides, and gasoline emissions.

tropospheric zone
(bad ozone/ground level)

What does this mean for skin?

increase in
dehydratation

increase in
sebum
production

increase in
skin sensivity

decrease in
vitamin e

GROUND-BREAKING SKINCEUTICALS SCIENCE

SkinCeuticals partnered with a leading ozone expert Dr. Giuseppe Valacchi to study ozone pollution in live skin.

For the first time ever, SkinCeuticalsC E Ferulic
andPhloretin CFantioxidants were shown to help neutralize
free radicals on the upper layer of the skin and significantly
reduce markers of skin aging caused by exposure to ozone.

antioxidant + sunscreen protection

When used together, SkinCeuticals antioxidants and broad-spectrum sunscreens provide a complimentary
approach against visible aging caused by environmental aggressors.