Fewer and fewer people are comfortable in their own skin. And we're not talking about getting burnt out or depressed, but literally about that skin, your skin. The number of skin allergies, including contact eczema, has exploded, says Prof. Thomas Rustemeyer. A large proportion of them could have been prevented.

Read more about the relationship between the increased use of cosmetics and the rise in skin allergies in the interview with Prof. Rustemeyer in the monthly magazine GezondNU.