SUN DAMAGE

With our hot climate and sun loving lifestyle, it’s no surprise that many of us experience sun damage to our skin whether it be changes in tone with increased pigmentation and sunspots, or premature ageing with fine lines and wrinkles appearing before they should be.  

 COMMON CONCERNS 

• UVA/UVB damage 
• Environmental damage 
• Premature ageing 
• Brown spots / sunspots 
• Pigmentation 
• Fine lines and wrinkles 
• Dehydration 

 CAUSES
 There’s a saying that the skin you have in your twenties is what you were born with and the skin you have in your thirties and beyond is what you deserve depending on how you treated it when you were young. This is because from around our mid-twenties, our bodies move from the ‘growing’ phase into the ‘ageing’ phase with the three important components to healthy, youthful and glowing skin – collagen, hyaluronic acid and elastin beginning to decline. How quickly they decline depends as much on what you do now as what you did when you were young. So, if you spent too much time tanning as a teen, as you enter your thirties, you will likely start to see signs of sun damage including sunspots, pigmentation and fine lines and wrinkles, even if you are careful to slip, slop, slap. This is why we recommend that you wear a strong SPF 50+ sunscreen every day to protect your skin at all times.