The skin tans to protect itself from the sun, but the tan does actually not protect you from sun damage at all. Tanning is the skin's way of saying that it is getting damaged. It has nothing to do with "adaption", that is plain gibberish. Use proper SPF to avoid skin cancer. It's plain stupid not to IMO. Well, that's what the textbooks we use in medicine say anyway...take it or leave it.
Great to read about Institut Esthederm here in your blog! My friend, dermatologist, used to work with it and always said that it's great. I'd like to try one day its whitening line.
I love it too. I used it for the first time this year and stocked up on the after sun but realised with horror I couldn't use it on the husband due to the sparkles it contains!! I hate sparkle normally, but it's really subtle and pretty here.
Agree it's excellent stuff. Pricey, but really good.
Ida is right about what it says in the text books, but I have long been of the opinion that skin is more adaptable than we have yet discovered through the full rigours of the scientific method.
I suspect that the tan is the result of the skin's activities in dealing with the sun. I think that melanin is simply a by product of an elaborate anti-oxidant system we haven't fully elucidated yet.
The skin does show at least some adaptation in the sense that Langerhans Cells migrate to it following sun exposure, so it is not necessarily total gibberish.
Going straight from the UK to a bright sun area and taking no precautions at all is obviously unwise. Using a high SPF sun block all the time is a better idea. I wonder though if in the future we will come to realise that the best idea is to use the SPF cream to overcome the shock but that you can also build up your innate defences as well by a bit or judicious controlled exposure.
hey there! I used to use a brilliant product from esthederm called no sun but I can't seem to find it anywhere in the UK. It was brilliant at stopping hyperpigmentation. Do you know how I can get some?
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The skin tans to protect itself from the sun, but the tan does actually not protect you from sun damage at all. Tanning is the skin's way of saying that it is getting damaged. It has nothing to do with "adaption", that is plain gibberish. Use proper SPF to avoid skin cancer. It's plain stupid not to IMO. Well, that's what the textbooks we use in medicine say anyway...take it or leave it.
This stuff does contain SPF. Check the ingredients list. It contains a couple of bog standard uv filters as found in most run-of-the-mill sunscreens.
Great to read about Institut Esthederm here in your blog! My friend, dermatologist, used to work with it and always said that it's great. I'd like to try one day its whitening line.
I love it too. I used it for the first time this year and stocked up on the after sun but realised with horror I couldn't use it on the husband due to the sparkles it contains!! I hate sparkle normally, but it's really subtle and pretty here.
Agree it's excellent stuff. Pricey, but really good.
Ida is right about what it says in the text books, but I have long been of the opinion that skin is more adaptable than we have yet discovered through the full rigours of the scientific method.
I suspect that the tan is the result of the skin's activities in dealing with the sun. I think that melanin is simply a by product of an elaborate anti-oxidant system we haven't fully elucidated yet.
The skin does show at least some adaptation in the sense that Langerhans Cells migrate to it following sun exposure, so it is not necessarily total gibberish.
Going straight from the UK to a bright sun area and taking no precautions at all is obviously unwise. Using a high SPF sun block all the time is a better idea. I wonder though if in the future we will come to realise that the best idea is to use the SPF cream to overcome the shock but that you can also build up your innate defences as well by a bit or judicious controlled exposure.
hey there! I used to use a brilliant product from esthederm called no sun but I can't seem to find it anywhere in the UK. It was brilliant at stopping hyperpigmentation. Do you know how I can get some?
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