女性一生中花在护肤品上的开销高达8000英镑
The average woman endures 84 'bad skin days' a year, according to a study. Researchers who polled 2,000 females found they have seven bad skin days a month on average - with wrinkles, acne and dark circles among the biggest anxieties. Other worries include dry skin, enlarged pores and age spots. Amid this, women spend in excess of ?8,000 in total during their lifetime on products to improve the appearance of their skin. But they will bin more than ?600 worth of those items because the products prove to be ineffective or, worse still, exacerbate the problem. It found more than one third of females don't feel confident about their skin, while six in 10 have never received a compliment about it. But half said healthy looking skin boosts their overall confidence, 30 per cent feel less self-conscious and 23 per cent feel less stressed. Around a third of women in the UK suffer from dry skin - while a further 26 per cent endure dry skin AND eczema. And stress was identified as the biggest cause of these conditions among those polled. It also emerged one fifth of women have completely avoided leaving the house due to their skin condition. And 41 per cent have refrained from having their photo taken. A quarter have stayed away from social media entirely and one third have resorted to wearing long clothing. Despite this, one fifth of dry skin and eczema sufferers don't use an emollient or dedicated dry skin moisturiser to alleviate or prevent symptoms. And 25 per cent don't moisturise daily even though doing so could improve their skin complaints. Laure De Brauer, from Dermalex said: "It's concerning to see how much skin worries can impact our overall confidence and yet still many people aren't regularly using a product that's designed to help improve their symptoms. "When your skin looks and feels healthy, you feel better about yourself which is why we're on a mission to help boost the nation's confidence." Carried out through OnePoll.com, the survey also found women expect to see positive results from new skincare products after about a week. |