Taking selfies is making you age much faster and this is why - YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Sign in Welcome!Log into your account Forgot your password? Password recovery Recover your password Search Sign in Welcome! Log into your account Forgot your password? Get help Password recovery Recover your password A password will be e-mailed to you. YOU Magazine Fashion Beauty Celebrity Health Life Relationships Horoscopes Food Interiors Travel Home Beauty Taking selfies is making you age much faster and this is why By You Magazine - June 6, 2019 The past decade has seen the world go selfie mad, with the front camera on our phones getting more action than, well, anything else we own. We’ll be the first to admit that we can’t resist showing off our best angles (especially on a night out with friends) in a well-lit selfie – be it for a main grid Instagram post or a filtered flick for stories. But what if we told that all the selfie-ing was somehow making you age faster? Getty Images Well, new research by Avon UK has suggested exactly that, with the revelation that Brits are ageing themselves by exposing their faces to the light on their mobile phones when taking selfies. Yes, that’s right, we may have unwittingly all been undoing all the work our anti-ageing beauty products have been doing by indulging in more and more snaps. The new research found that only one in ten of adults in the UK are aware that the light from a mobile phone can age you, yet a quarter of 18-34 year olds spend seven hours or more per day on their mobile phone. That means many of us are doing so without being aware of the damaging effects it could have on our skin. This is heightened when combined with other ageing factors such as increased exposure to pollution, stress, lack of sleep, insufficient water consumption, smoking and a dependency on caffeine, all of which contribute to the issue. Avon Anew Vitamin C Radiance Maximising Serum, £14, Avon To tackle this, the experts at Avon have developed an innovative and high concentrate Vitamin C skincare range which has been specifically designed to help counteract the damaging consequences of our tech-heavy lifestyles. The ANEW Vitamin C launched on Avon last month and is rich in antioxidants, anti-ageing and radiance-boosting benefits. In fact, the range is already so popular that one bottle of the ANEW Vitamin C Radiance Boosting Serum, which is priced at £14, is sold every minute. RELATED ARTICLESMORE FROM AUTHOR You could get paid to test Liberty’ s Beauty Advent Calendar People are obsessed with this Revlon hair drying tool A new drop of Boots Star Gifts has landed for Christmas 2022 Popular in Beauty People are seriously impressed with Primark’ s £8 skinny curling tongs December 16, 2019 Boots is giving away free lipsticks to celebrate the launch of January 23, 2020 This long-lasting eyebrow product is getting rave reviews and is just June 21, 2021 These Liz Earle gift sets are on sale just in time March 5, 2020 WIN A Kiehl’ s skincare heroes bundle worth £104 July 24, 2020 Cult skincare brand Sunday Riley is branching out into hair products April 24, 2020 Superdrug is holding a huge BOGOF sale on all cosmetics for May 28, 2020 Your salon could charge you extra for overgrown roots and bad June 25, 2020 Facial steamers Why searches for this beauty gadget were up 400 July 10, 2020 Lush subscription boxes have arrived and they contain exclusive new products August 3, 2020 Popular CategoriesFood2704Life2496Fashion2240Beauty1738Celebrity1261Interiors684 Sign up for YOUMail Thanks for subscribing Please check your email to confirm (If you don't see the email, check the spam box) Fashion Beauty Celebrity Life Food Privacy & Cookies T&C Copyright 2022 - YOU Magazine. All Rights Reserved