The Truth About Skin Damage!
by Corinne Giles
(Washington, USA)
Your skin is at its healthiest when it is at its lightest shade. Ironically, tanned people look healthier because of that glow that sunburns create.
There’s a lot of mis-information floating around about the safety of sun baking. It’s now time to separate fact from fiction.
Lie #1. The number one lie is that tanning is the easiest way to soak up on vitamin D. This sunshine vitamin may be important, but experts actually only recommend limited exposure under the warm heat of the sun. Two to 10 minutes a day should suffice.
Also, you can get this healthy ingredient from supplements and milk.
Lie #2. You may also be fooled into believing that tanning in no way promotes skin aging. UV exposure speeds up the accumulation of DNA mutations in the skin, promoting premature aging along the way.
The best solution would be to wear a broad spectrum of SPF and avoid the sun between 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. If you are at a beach somewhere, apply sunscreen every 30 minutes.
Lie #3. Another lie found out there is that tanning on a cloudy day is okay since you can’t get burned. The UV radiation may be partially reduced, but the cumulative effects of exposure to the sun can still wreak havoc on your skin.
Even on cloudy days, stay protected because you are still getting partial rays from the sun.
Take care of your skin and now that there are also ways to damage it even when you stay indoors at all times. Your skin medicines, for one, may actually help fry your skin.
Medications such as tetracycline, doxycyline, and some antibiotics have this little-known side effect: the make skin burn more easily by leaving it more sensitive to UV rays.
Although these are prescribed to many women, some skin-frying session while on these meds leave you a lot more sensitive to the sun.
If you are taking some form of medication, it is especially crucial to get into the daily sunscreen habit and spend as little time outdoors as possible.
A long commute also sets you up for further sun damage. UV rays pass through your car’s windows, penetrating your skin and eventually triggering fine lines, spots, and wrinkles among others.
If you’re constantly behind the wheel, find ways to keep your skin safe. Look for an SPF of at least 15. The number indicated on the package tells you how long the sunscreen protects you, compared to the length of time it would take you to burn without anything on your skin.
Example, if you burn after 20 minutes, the number 15 on the bottle would mean that you don’t get to look like a tomato 15 times longer.
Make sure that the product you buy has both UVA and UVB protection. Check the list of ingredients for zinc oxide or titanium dioxide because these are what you have to block the elements effectively
When applying, squeeze out a shot glass-sized amount and coat yourself all over to a thin and even layer. They wear off eventually, so apply more often when you are outdoors most of the time.
Warren Tattersall has been a full time nutritional consultant for over a decade and works with people all over the world to help them improve their health, increase their personal energy levels and to use supplements to assist with diet related health issues.
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