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Your smartphone is the cause of aging
Last reviewed: 02.07.2025
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Premature aging of the skin cannot but upset. There are quite a few reasons that provoke irreversible processes of the epidermis, but recently experts have added to this list excessive passion for social networks and frequent use of gadgets.
The scientists' statement makes one think, since in the modern world almost every person is registered in a social network or uses portable electronics (phones, tablets, smartphones, smart watches, etc.). Scientists have already warned that humanity is threatened by a new epidemic - addiction to social networks, which can be compared to alcoholism or drug addiction. In recent years, VKontakte, Instagram, Twitter, etc. have become so popular that it is difficult to imagine life without them, sometimes even politicians "communicate" using social networks.
But experts have once again warned that such hobbies are not at all beneficial to a person; in addition to the banal loss of time, they can lead to the appearance of premature wrinkles.
A survey by American scientists showed that almost 80% of people who took part in the survey start to get very nervous if they are unable to use their smartphone or visit their social media page for a long time (by the way, experts expected similar results).
More than 5 thousand people from Spain, France, Russia, Taiwan, Italy, and South Korea took part in the survey, of whom 2/3 constantly used smartphones to access the Internet, and 1/3 “sat” on social networks for more than 2 hours daily (at the time of the survey, respondents were over 35 years old).
The experts asked each of the participants whether they had noticed that frequent use of gadgets or passion for social networks leads to the appearance of premature wrinkles, and almost half of the respondents noted that they had indeed noticed such changes on their faces, some of them even cited specific signs of aging. Many participants noted that they began to notice so-called "crow's feet" (expression wrinkles in the outer corners of the eyes), deepening of the brow fold, and decreased skin elasticity on their faces. At the same time, almost 56% of the survey participants said that they had not observed any signs of aging.
Scientists have noted that almost every person is sure that facial muscles relax while reading from a smartphone screen, however, this is not true. Many people, while reading from a screen, frown, squint, etc., which, naturally, immediately affects the condition of the skin and leads to the appearance of new expression wrinkles.
Scientists have once again called on people to use their gadgets less and limit the time spent on social networks.
By the way, in Norway, experts said that Facebook has a drug-like effect on people.
Experts have found that such resources create a strong psychological dependence and act on the brain almost in the same way as cocaine. Experiments have shown that social networks activate the striatum and amygdala in the brain, the same areas are activated in people with drug addiction.