Skin Care And Sunscreens, Or Why Sun Protection Is A Huge Part Of An Anti Aging Routine
Posted on 10. Dec, 2009 by Peter Clark in Women's Health
It’s impossible to stop yourself getting older, and aging skin is one of the results of getting older. But there’s a number of factors skin aging and damage from the sun is one of the worst. If you’re interested in the best anti aging skin care sunscreen is a big part of it, but sunscreen isn’t all.
It’s the ultraviolet radiation in sunlight that causes the damage. There is both UVA and UVB in sunlight, and it is the UVB radiation that burns your skin. But it is insufficient merely to stop the UVB radiation.
That’s because UVA radiation, although it doesn’t burn your skin, is primarily responsible for skin aging as well as many of the worst skin cancers.
There is no requirement from the FDA for the labelling on sunscreens to tell us how much UVA protection is in any product. As a result in the summer of 2008 there were only 29 percent of sunscreens with UVA protection included. That rose to 70 percent one year later however that still left 30 percent of products with no UVA protection. And no UVA protection can lead to skin cancer and premature skin aging.
It’s difficult to tell how much sun protection your sunscreen really offers you, and if you’re suffering from premature skin aging this may well be a result of skin sun damage from UVA exposure, even though you may have carefully used sunscreen for years.
On top of this there are various ingredients in sunscreens which may damage your health such as oxybenzone which has been shown to work as a hormone disruptor and is even considered likely to cause skin cancer. And worse, some of the ingredients in sunscreen products can cause the effectiveness of the product to fail.
It is not unreasonable for consumers to expect that their sunscreen prevents sunburn as well as premature skin ageing and skin cancer, but that is not true at the moment, and when choosing a sunscreen you ought be very careful.
And you also need to understand that the most important part of sun protection is where possible to stay out of the sun, particularly in the middle of the day, during summer. And if going out in the sun then wear a long sleeved shirt and a hat. Rely on sunscreen only where unavoidable.
As they age many men and women become more interested in anti aging skin care. However most fail to realize that preventing sun damage is one of the biggest things you can do for better skin care. Make a promise to yourself today that, starting today, you will avoid skin sun damage, and if you combine that promise with the use of the best anti aging products there are then you’re well on your way to an effective anti aging skin care routine.
There are certainly some very good anti aging products, (and some ineffective ones), and using these can help reverse skin ageing, but preventing sun damage is one of the most important things you can do to combat wrinkles and skin sagging in older age.
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