Prevent long term damage to your skin

Over time the skins elastin becomes damaged due to the sun’s UV light. Once the elastin breaks down the skin will lose its elasticity and begin sagging. The skin is more susceptible to tearing and bruising and also takes far longer to heal. Young skins usually do not show signs of damage until much later in life. Over exposure to the sun causes pre cancerous and cancerous skin lesions that include actinic keratosis, melanoma, basil cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma which is mainly caused by the loss of the skins immunity. In addition the sun can also cause freckles, a yellow discoloration of the skin, elastosis that causes fine and course wrinkles and lines, mottled pigmentation, telangiectasias whereby the small blood vessels under the skin dilate and benign tumors.

One of the most common cancers worldwide is skin cancer, and the numbers continue to rise. Skin cancer is defined by the increased growth of abnormal skin cells, and the rapid growth will result in either malignant or benign tumors. The major cause of skin cancer is the UV radiation from the sun, however, just as harmful is the UV light from tanning beds. Both the summer and winter sun are equally dangerous to the skin. Squamous cell and basal cell skin cancer are mainly caused by cumulative sun exposure, while sever sun burn before the age of eighteen, will possibly cause melanoma later on in life.

Skin cancer can also result from burn scars, exposure to x-rays and exposure to certain chemicals, although less common. There is a wide range of superior quality Ella Bache sunscreen lotions Australia that meets with the required SPF Australian standards that will help combat premature ageing as well as cell damage. Squamous cell and basal cell cancers make up 95 percent of skin cancers and are less serious, and if treated early are curable. The most serious form of skin cancer is melanoma which is made up of melanocyte causes around 75 percent deaths. If melanoma skin cancer is not treated, it will spread to the other organs and is almost impossible to control.

Anyone can get skin cancer, although people that have blond or red hair, freckled or fair skin, and light eyes are far more susceptible. However, people with dark hair and dark skins are also venerable to skin cancer, although the risk is far lower. If you have a family history of skin cancer as well as have irregular and large moles, you are at higher risk to melanoma skin cancer. Obtaining a deep tan either from the sun or a tanning booth, you are putting yourself at risk for skin cancer.