Ray Skin Care How can I lower my risk of skin cancer or other skin related conditions?
After years of preventing sunburns and taking good care of my skin because I'm well-informed about the damage the sun does to it, I still got a severe sunburn from a terrible mistake of overexposure to the sun damaging rays. Now I'm really worried because my risks of getting skin cancer or other skin diseases is pretty high since I have a grandfather with skin cancer, an aunt with psoriasis, and another aunt with lupus.
The sunburn I got was real bad, at first it was red and occassionally I experienced some chills. After a few days blisters appeared and then all the skin peeled off. The damaged skin was on my thighs, my belly, my chest and a little bit of the forearms.
Please let me know how I can, if its possible, to lower my risk of skin cancer or other skin diseases in addition to the basic one of staying out of the sun and don't forgetting sunblock.
Thanks a lot!
I was looking for relevant questions to answer and I saw yours. Usually I don't bother with questions that already have several answers but you have been unlucky so far, with one sensible answer and two bad ones.
You know already about sunblock. About the rest: your skin has enzymes that have already repaired the damaged DNA. True, some mutations may have occurred but that does not mean that cancer will happen. Maybe, as you and your cells age, mutations will accumulate and lack of cell control of cell division will happen in one or two cells, leading to cancer. What to do?
1) Use sunblock to decrease the danger of further damage to DNA
2) Use antioxidants, to trap free radicals before they do damage
3) Avoid chemicals that produce free radicals, such as benzoyl peroxide, very common in anti-acne products
4) See a dermatologist if you see any strange looking moles on your skin.
Apart from that, don't be scared, because being scared is not very useful and it is just another way of wasting your time.
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Tools That Every Serious Skin Care Kit Should Have
Are you someone who is concerned about looking good? Is skin care an essential part of your daily routine? If you're someone who is serious about skin care, your skin care kit should already have the essentials. But do you really know what every serious skin care kit needs? If not, read on.
These days a lot of people are concerned with looking good. The "beauty" industry has grown exponentially because of the demand for beauty products that can reverse the damage inflicted by time, and quite a bit of money and effort have been put into researching sustainable methods of enhancing or even just maintaining natural beauty. As such, the market is saturated with an inundation of preventive beauty products and even products that tout to be "miracle cures" that has the ability to restore one's youth and vitality. With so many choices, how can you tell what you really need, and how can you separate the good from the bad? Here are just some of the essential that every woman's skin care kit should have.
Eye cream. Because the skin around your eyes are thinner and more delicate than any other part of your face, it is important that you invest in a good eye cream to protect this particular area from being subjected to elements that might cause the skin to wrinkle. Elements such as the sun and free radicals tend to negatively affect the production of collagen, which is a protein that maintains the skin's firmness. The breakdown of this protein results in the loss of elasticity of the skin, and therefore wrinkles and fine lines would start to appear.
Sunscreen. Sun damage is one of the leading causes of skin aging, and it has been proven that prolonged exposure to the sun's ultra violet rays will result in skin cancer. So it is absolutely vital that one of the products that should be included in your skin care kit is a good sunscreen. You can either use a sunscreen on its own, or find a facial moisturizer that already has an adequate SPF included. These type of facial moisturizers tend to have a more make-up friendly, more luxurious texture than usual sunscreens, so it is quite possible for you to look good while you protect your skin at the same time.
Vitamin E cream. Vitamin E is rich in antioxidants, and helps in the battle against free radicals, offering protection against pollutants and toxins in the environment. This particular vitamin also aids greatly in enhancing and maintaining the immune system. When combined with a daily moisturizer, a vitamin E cream can boost your body's intake of antioxidants and vitamins that are required for repairing skin tissues and the prevention of skin cell damage. Vitamin E also helps in the rejuvenation of deteriorating cells by providing the necessary substances that nourish and encourage cell growth.
So does your serious skin care kit contain these 3 basic necessities? Obviously there are many other tools and products that complete a skin care kit, but with these 3 basic tools, it's enough to get you started, and you can never go wrong with these 3 basic tools.
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