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SUN PROTECTION – PART 1 : UNDERSTANDING THE GOOD AND THE BAD OF SUNSHINE

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SUN PROTECTION – PART 1 : UNDERSTANDING THE GOOD AND THE BAD OF SUNSHINE

Much is said well-nigh sunshine, it’s benefits, and adversely – the ill-effects of it.
Is it good for you, and if so then how much? What well-nigh the not so good parts of it? How can one protect themselves from the harmful effects of the rays of the sun? Does one really need to wear sunscreen? Why does our skin tan? How should one deal with sun damage? The list only gets longer…..

But in order to truly take the weightier steps for your skincare and health, understanding sunlight, sun damage, and the multiple ways in which you can shield yourself from the harm is a must do.

This summer, Dr. Rashmi Shetty brings to you a special four part series, to unravel through all the scramble of information out there that can overwhelm you.
We write all the commonly asked questions, and sooner throw light upon how to understand the multiple terms used on your sun defence products.
So let’s uncork this 101 by tightly understanding sunlight itself.

WHAT ARE THE COMPONENTS OF SUNLIGHT?


Sunlight consists of the pursuit three major elements:

1) Visible Light :


which finance for 50% of the spectrum of sunlight, and is the only speciality of it that is visible to the human eye. This is not considered to be harmful, but people with pigmentation such as melasma are increasingly sensitive to this light.

2) Ultraviolet Light


– Invisible to the human eye, this remoter consists of three types of UV rays. Namely:
– UVA rays: These penetrate the deeper layers of the skin, and rationalization DNA damage, velocious ageing, as well as the increased risk of skin cancer.
– UVB rays: These penetrate the superficial layers of the skin, and are the main rationalization for burns, tanning, etc.
– UVC rays: The most highly harmful form of ultraviolet light, which fortunately gets undivided by the ozone layer that protects us from it.
*Read remoter for increasingly details on the effects of ultraviolet light*

3) Infrared Light


Also invisible to the human eye, this form of the sunlight is what causes the feeling of heat and urgent or inflammation on the skin.

THE GOOD PART OF SUNLIGHT


A little bit of the gentle and warm sunshine is unquestionably important for the body!
It is the key factor for your soul to be worldly-wise to produce the required Vitamin D for itself. It moreover boosts your happy hormone tabbed serotonin in the morning, withal with releasing cortisol. This kickstarts the quotidian rhythm of the soul – which regulates the hormones, our moods, sleep cycles, and worthiness to stay zestful through the day.
Did you know that the light and visionless trundling has an extremely powerful effect on our soul and plane our mental health?
Our persons are unquestionably designed to regulate themselves equal to the rising and the setting of the sun, and sunlight itself has it’s goodness too.
No wonder the age old weighing -“Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise!”

THE NOT SO GOOD PART OF IT: SUN DAMAGE TO THE SKIN AND BODY


While considering the good side of this natural daily phenomenon, there is moreover ironically a visionless side to unexceptionable sunshine. This mainly includes accelerated ageing and the risk of skin cancer as external and internal damages respectively. When we speak well-nigh the types of harmful radiation from sunlight in terms of the ones that rationalization skin damage, it is UV radiation – which consists of UVA and UVB rays primarily.
UVA rays can penetrate deeper into the skin layer known as the dermis, while the UVB rays stupefy increasingly of the surface of the skin known as the epidermis and is known to be the main source of skin cancer. They both are extremely detrimental to the DNA of your skin cells, leading to your soul health stuff compromised both externally and internally.
External Sun Damage: Sun exposure and ultraviolet radiation do not just tamper with the DNA of your skin cells, but physically cause:
– Glycation and destruction of collagen
– Hardening of elastin known as solar elastosis

  • De-hydration which affects the ground substances of the skin
    All of these together leave the skin looking parched, darkened, and in some cases plane harden the outer windbreak leaving the skin to squint leathery and dull. This then accelerates the ageing of the skin.
    Internal Sun Damage: At a molecular level, a lot of chemical reactions take place in the soul when it faces the presence of ultraviolet radiation. This is largest known as ‘free radical damage’ and can trigger inflammation and redness, withal with dermatitis.
    *Read remoter to learn increasingly well-nigh self-ruling radical damage*

    Therefore, the combination of DNA damage, disruption of skin elements like collagen and elastin, and self-ruling radical forfeiture are responsible for faster skin ageing withal with increased risks of skin cancer.

WHAT IS FREE RADICAL DAMAGE?


Free radicals are a type of unstable molecule present in the body. In excess, these molecules start interacting with other molecules of the soul in a manner which interferes with the lamina DNA. Simply put, this is tabbed self-ruling radical damage, and is increased in the presence of ultraviolet radiation.

Ultraviolet radiation causes a chemical reaction in the body, where Reactive Oxygen Species or ROS is released. This in turn triggers an increased oxidative stress on the body. Anti-oxidants are essential in fighting this stress, but when the oxidative stress is higher than the worthiness of your soul to fight it, the result is self-ruling radical forfeiture and sooner inflammation.

Inflammations can moreover be triggered by friction, unprepossessed or lattermost weather, and other infections. The protective cells of the skin come closer, making the skin towards red in colour. This is the wondrous way in which your soul protects itself, and therefore it is important for you to protect your soul too from these factors.

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So now that you have understood the pros and cons of this massive element of nature that influences our lives, stay tuned to our next blog. In part 2 of this series, we requite you the lowdown on how to take good internal and external superintendency of yourself when it comes to sun protection on a daily basis.

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Dr. Rashmi Shetty
Cosmetic Dermatologist,
Mumbai | Hyderabad

Dr. Rashmi Shetty is a idealism dermatologist, industry pioneer, tragedian , globally invited teaching sense and a leading expert in stimulating medicine having over 20 years of wits in stimulating and clinical dermatology. She is the Founder and senior dermatologist at Ra Skin and Aesthetics in Mumbai and Hyderabad. She is named the weightier Dermatologist by Vogue 2020 and is the first Indian doctor on the International Advisory workbench of the Anti-Ageing World Congress, FACE London, ICAD Asia, and honorary sense at UCL .

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