Trend of exercising in make-up is bad for your skin, study finds – your pores can’t expand to let sweat escape
- Allowing pores to expand to enable sweat to escape is important in helping the body regulate temperature during exercise, and make-up prevents that, study shows
- Wearing foundation when you work out stops the skin maintaining proper oil levels, and this can lead to clogged pores, dry skin, and acne, an expert says
Wearing make-up while exercising could be bad for the skin, and potentially lead to acne, according to new research.
While exercise is great for increasing nourishing blood flow to the skin, using cosmetics on your face while working out could do more harm than good.
Researchers at Korea National University of Education and Texas A&M University published their findings in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology. They describe the negative effects wearing cosmetic foundation during aerobic exercise has on the skin.
“Foundation cream, where applied, caused dryness of the skin and clogged pores, potentially leading to acne and other problems. People with dry skin conditions are most at risk,” said Dr Sukho Lee, a professor in the Department of Counselling, Health, and Kinesiology at Texas A&M University in San Antonio, Texas.
We did not expect to see the huge impact of the one layer of foundation cream on the skin after only 20 minutes’ exercise
There is a growing trend of people wearing make-up while exercising, but little research has been done on this.
