Who would've imagined that modern beauty trends would result in a long-distance dance relationship with a raging galactic nuclear furnace? Our sun, a seemingly safe 43 million miles away, is much more than the gravitational mother lode for our solar system.
Shooting out a hail of light, and radiation, the sun literally creates the summer time beach experience for many artfully tanned women and men. But, all this at some price to you skin.
Well known to most sun worshipers, the sun is both beauty friend and skin damage foe. Into the beauty-versus-sun skin damage fray step the many tried and proven sunscreen lotions, oils and sprays, along with some more futuristic high tech products.
Looking At The "Source" of Sun Damaged Skin - The Sun.
Any sun worshiper ought to have at least a sketchy understanding of what they're actually dealing with when lighting up under the hot eye of the sun.
Across the broad spectrum of energy emitted by the sun each instant are extremely harmful wavelengths living in the spectrum measuring between 290 to 400 nanometers. Whether you know it by name, you know it by experience. This is the sun's "ultraviolet" spectrum where the so-called "short wave" ultraviolet B rays slice through your skin's outer layers...and you experience literal burning like a French fry in oil.
"Short wave" ultraviolet B rays are the same solar rays that not only deliver an immediate burning impact, but when permitted unprotected exposure to your skin reveal more deadly potentials. Indeed the "dark side" of the sun's light includes skin altering carcinomas and melanoma. These are serious health risks to be avoided.
The New Guys For Reducing Sun Damaged Skin.
Anyone visiting a skin care counter knows it's a product jungle out there, with tens of hundreds of skin rejuvenation, skin protection and skin repair and recovery products to choose from.
Here's what you need to look for in terms of prevention as well as sun damaged skin treatments.
* Products That Block A Broader Spectrum - Ultraviolet B Rays And A Rays.
Choose a sunscreen product that gives you "short ray" UVB protection. New formulas fresh from years of success in Europe include mexoryl. However, mexoryl functions as an "additive" rather than the final defensive solution for preventing sun damaged skin. Youll find mexoryl filling in the solar spectrum "gap" between UVA blocking compounds such as octocrylene.
* Old Standbys - Zinc Oxide Sunscreen. Well marketed, zinc oxide and titanium dioxide road-block most ultraviolet A solar rays...however falls short of filtering out ultraviolet B rays. Always look for labels that describe the product as a "broad spectrum" skin protectorant.
* Old Fashioned But Effective - Vitamin C Paste. Inexpensive Vitamin C powder, mixed with ordinary water and spread onto your skin gives you low cost, effective sun protection, without any fear of chemical side-effects.
* Checking Whether Your Product Is "Sun Stable".
It does you no good if your sunscreen product is not stable under intense light conditions, or washes off after you swim or perspire. Some products including the avobenzone compound give broad-spectrum sun screening, yet regrettably remain fragile and tend to break down under the sun unless combined with other compounds. When in doubt...reapply more sun screen.
Biggest Challenge - Daily Use And Consistency.
Who can remember seemingly exotic compound names, like mexoryl or octocrylene or even zinc oxide? Youve got a far simpler solution, that doesn't rely on more than one simple idea, namely repetitive use. Ask any dermatologist and they'll unhesitatingly reply that "regular daily use, throughout the year" is a far more comprehensive solution to minimize skin damage from sun than occasional use of a high tech product.
Find out more about preventing sun damaged skin along with skin rejuvenation treatments, facial line skin therapies, health risks, what takes place in each treatment, how to choose the right skin and beauty therapist and more.
Sun Damaged Skin & Age Spot Treatments: http://www.beauty2morrow.com/face/laser-agespot.htm
Skin Rejuvenation Tips: http://www.beauty2morrow.com/face/skin.htm
Author Robin Derry is publisher for http://www.beauty2morrow.com/, a specialty information site that gives solutions to body image and body shaping needs.
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