How to protect your skin under mask: everything you need to know about mask problems

Alice Smahina

A year ago, we had no idea that a protective mask, an accessory previously inherent only in medical professionals, will so firmly and confidently enter our daily lives.

With COVID-19, a new set of health recommendations emerged: social distancing, frequent hand washing or disinfection, and the unconditional requirement to wear a mask. As we knew nothing about the new disease at the beginning of the pandemic, except for it leaving a significant percentage of deaths behind, WHO recommendations have provoked a huge stir around protective methods, including masks. For a while, not only post-Soviet space residents had to recall the word "deficit," as it became familiar to the inhabitants of the entire globe. However, over time, everyone got used to the masks, their number became sufficient for everyone. However, other problems occurred.