Remember those fun summer days as a teenager when all you did was lay out by the pool, have BBQs, and go camping? Remember how little sun screen was used back then?
Unfortunately, your skin remembers those days well. The sun actually leaves damages on your skin you don’t immediately notice.
Damages of the Sun
As you enjoy the sunshine, this hot culprit actually damages the elastin in your skin with its harmful rays. When the fibers of your skin’s elastin break down your skin begins to sag, stretch, and lose its elasticity.
There are few worse things you can do to your skin than expose it with endless amounts of sunlight. Wrinkles and other skin problems like age spots, freckles, and even cancer are all worsened by the sun.
Even though it’s fun and relaxing to spend so much time outside in the long summer days, the sun’s harmful UV rays are the number one cause of skin cancer.
Don’t lose hope, though. There are things you can use against this skin ruiner.
Anti-Sun Tips
While you can’t reverse sun damage completely, there are things you can do to help your skin repair itself and prevent further damage.
Sunscreen
Use sunscreen every day. Don’t rely on the sunscreen in your makeup. In a study done at the Wake Forest University, researchers found that foundation slides around your skin and wears off in a matter of hours in normal temperature conditions, rendering the SPF in your makeup almost worthless.
Prevent Exposure
Wear long sleeved shirts, brimmed hats, and pants. This might seem overbearing, but the less sun exposure your skin has to face, the less damaging effects it has to endure.
Avoid the Sun
Stay out of the sun during the strongest heat, usually between 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Mostly this advice is good during the summer. The hotter the day and the sun, the more damaging effects it’ll have on your skin.
Protect Others
Most of the sun damage incurred in your lifetime occurs before your 18th birthday. So, while there’s not much you can do about the damage already done to your own skin, try and keep your children out of the sun and from being exposed to the sun’s wrath any more than necessary to prevent your children from suffering from extreme sun damage.
Don’t worry too much about what’s already been done to your skin—just work on preventing future damage from hurting your skin even further.
Heal Your Skin
Although there’s no magical solution to reverse time completely, there are options you have to help your skin heal from some of the damage already done.
We’d suggest using one of the best wrinkle creams available: Oxytokin. This cream has natural ingredients like Argireline NP (a safer and much more user friendly alternative to Botox), to help increase your body’s production of collagen to help fill in age lines and wrinkles.
There is hope for your skin!