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This is the sun for you. A trucker. Driving 28 years. The sad thing is, he drove with the windows closed. UVA goes thru windows. You can guess which side faced the sun?
This is anecdotal, right? The sun doesn't do much damage, right? Well, the science backs it up. Most visible skin aging comes from UV.
Okay, so the sun accounts for most of the visible skin aging. What to do?
UV film
You can't even see such film. It's a thin transparent layer on the windows. You can get it at Home Depot. The Australian Skin Cancer Foundation actually recommends all to get such film for their houses.
The windows don't turn dark. They look like this. Picture from Home Depot.
Shades
When you're outside, and not with people, not trying to make an impression, put on shades. Doesn't matter which. Cheap ones, or Oakleys. Mirror or regular. I use photochromatic Oakleys. Wrap-around shades are the best, but they can easily get foggy! So get ones that are comfortable to wear. The skin around the eyes is thin, so it's extra important to protect it.
Sunscreen
If you're going about stuff alone, use cheap sunscreen. High factor. But if you're with people, use one like LRP Ultra Light, high factor. It's not tinted, and it evens out the skin, so I actually think I look better with some, than without anything on my face. Use sunscreen on hands and neck as well. If the sunscreen uses chemical filters, then put it on 20-30 minutes before getting sun exposure. The way the sunscreen works is through converting UVA and UVA to wavelengths that radiates heat, but when you're exposed to the sun, these chemicals get "used up", so you need to reapply, like every other hour out in the sun.
Clothes
When you're out and about, and not with friends, put on a cap. Different types of clothes have different UPF (equivalent to sunscreen's SPF). Look it up. UVA goes well thru white cotton, on the other side of the spectrum we have dark polyester. There's plenty of good athleisure clothes that are of polyester. It's cheaper to just look at fabric that is known to have a high UPF than to look for clothes branded with their UPF (they're usually overpriced). If you think you look good in a hoodie, wear a hoodie.
Elderly people usually have much more aged face and neck compared to the skin on the belly and behind, and this is mostly due to getting and not getting sun exposure. But you do get some thru clothes as well, and (I can look up the source if necessary), if when you get sun exposure on the body, the body "uses up" some of the available antioxidants, leaving less available for the face. The sun damages the skin thru redox reactions.
Diet
This has a small impact. But once the damage is being done, once you are getting sun exposure, you'd be somewhat better equipped to handle it if you eat a diet high in antioxidants, which is for the most part fruit and veg and such.
This is anecdotal, right? The sun doesn't do much damage, right? Well, the science backs it up. Most visible skin aging comes from UV.
Wrinkles, fine lines and pigmentation are inevitable skin woes that often appear as we age. While we like to place blame on getting another year older, the main culprit is photoaging — damage to the skin caused by exposure to sunlight and ultraviolet (UV) light. Responsible for 90 percent of visible changes to the skin, photoaging is a direct result of cumulative sun damage you’ve been exposed to throughout your life.—Skin Cancer Foundation
Photodamage, rather than the normal aging process, may account for 90 percent of age-associated cosmetic skin problems. Physicians should stress to their patients that all ultraviolet exposure (including sun beds and tanning salons) causes skin damage. Regular sunscreen use during childhood and adolescence may result in an 80 percent reduction in the lifetime incidence of ultraviolet-induced skin damage, including nonmelanoma skin cancers.—PubMed article
Clinical signs of aging are essentially influenced by extrinsic factors, especially sun exposure. Indeed UV exposure seems to be responsible for 80% of visible facial aging signs.—PubMed article
Okay, so the sun accounts for most of the visible skin aging. What to do?
UV film
You can't even see such film. It's a thin transparent layer on the windows. You can get it at Home Depot. The Australian Skin Cancer Foundation actually recommends all to get such film for their houses.
The windows don't turn dark. They look like this. Picture from Home Depot.
Shades
When you're outside, and not with people, not trying to make an impression, put on shades. Doesn't matter which. Cheap ones, or Oakleys. Mirror or regular. I use photochromatic Oakleys. Wrap-around shades are the best, but they can easily get foggy! So get ones that are comfortable to wear. The skin around the eyes is thin, so it's extra important to protect it.
Sunscreen
If you're going about stuff alone, use cheap sunscreen. High factor. But if you're with people, use one like LRP Ultra Light, high factor. It's not tinted, and it evens out the skin, so I actually think I look better with some, than without anything on my face. Use sunscreen on hands and neck as well. If the sunscreen uses chemical filters, then put it on 20-30 minutes before getting sun exposure. The way the sunscreen works is through converting UVA and UVA to wavelengths that radiates heat, but when you're exposed to the sun, these chemicals get "used up", so you need to reapply, like every other hour out in the sun.
Clothes
When you're out and about, and not with friends, put on a cap. Different types of clothes have different UPF (equivalent to sunscreen's SPF). Look it up. UVA goes well thru white cotton, on the other side of the spectrum we have dark polyester. There's plenty of good athleisure clothes that are of polyester. It's cheaper to just look at fabric that is known to have a high UPF than to look for clothes branded with their UPF (they're usually overpriced). If you think you look good in a hoodie, wear a hoodie.
Elderly people usually have much more aged face and neck compared to the skin on the belly and behind, and this is mostly due to getting and not getting sun exposure. But you do get some thru clothes as well, and (I can look up the source if necessary), if when you get sun exposure on the body, the body "uses up" some of the available antioxidants, leaving less available for the face. The sun damages the skin thru redox reactions.
Diet
This has a small impact. But once the damage is being done, once you are getting sun exposure, you'd be somewhat better equipped to handle it if you eat a diet high in antioxidants, which is for the most part fruit and veg and such.
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