Health and Physical Avtivity. Sports undoubtedly contribute to psychosocial health, disease prevention and longevity. However, there are certain factors that function against our health eg health of the joints or skin aesthetics.

The sun, for those who exercise during the day in open spaces, is the number one aging factor, the so-called photo-aging. In addition, other critical aggravating factors are dehydration of the athlete, which leads to skin asphyxia, and lactic acid production by muscle cells, an inevitable side effect after an medium or high intensity exercise session.

Also, intense exercise results in the increase in free radicals, which are strong active chemicals produced by our body that can cause oxidative stress that contributes to aging of the skin. Oxidative stress is the condition that speeds up an already existing disease or inflammation in the body.