Category Three
Sun Damage and
Pigmentation
Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun accounts for 90% of the symptoms of early skin aging, skin damage, and skin cancer.
SkinDNA® can reveal if your skin has a greater or lesser natural genetic solar protection factor, and based on your results can provide you with a unique, enhanced skin care protection strategy that is specially designed to provide the utmost protection for your skin based on your genes.
The role of genetics
Genetic variations can lower your body’s ability to produce melanin and reduce how your body can cope with UV. These genetic variations can cause skin to become highly sensitive when exposed to sunlight. Having highly sensitive skin can increase proneness to sunburn, cause irreversible damage to your skin cells, initiate premature skin cell death and increase your risks of cancer.
Melanin Production
Involved in the production of Melanin. A process important for protecting the skin against the sun.
Photo Defence
Functions in breaking down free radicals produced from UVB rays once they have entered the skin. These rays are often referred to as the ‘burning’ rays and are responsible for not only sunburns but also pigmentation responses.
UV Repair
Involved in the production of Melanin. A process important for protecting the skin against the sun.
UV Radical Protection
Responsible for repairing DNA mutations caused by 8-oxo- G radicals. This free radical is produced after sun exposure.
Did you know?
2 in 5
Have a genetic variation that affects their skins’ UV defences.
Did you know?
2 in 5
2 in 5
Have a genetic variation that affects their skins’ UV defences.
UV light
UVA (known as the ‘aging’ rays)
Has a spectrum strong enough to bypass the top layers of skin and damage the deeper layers know as the dermis. It is predominantly these rays that cause long term DNA damage and premature skin aging.
UVB (known as the ‘burning’ rays)
Has a weaker spectrum whereby most of the damage is done on the superficial layers taking the form of sunburns, peeling, swelling, pigmentation and browning of the skin.
UV light
UVA (known as the ‘aging’ rays)
Has a spectrum strong enough to bypass the top layers of skin and damage the deeper layers know as the dermis. It is predominantly these rays that cause long term DNA damage and premature skin aging.
UVB (known as the ‘burning’ rays)
Has a weaker spectrum whereby most of the damage is done on the superficial layers taking the form of sunburns, peeling, swelling, pigmentation and browning of the skin.
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About UV
Your genes play an important role in determining how well your skin can naturally cope under the strains of the sun
Symptoms of sun damage include: texture changes (coarse wrinkling and yellow discoloration), blood vessel changes (broken capillaries and Telangiectasias), pigment changes (age spots, brown spots, freckling), skin bumps (Kerasotes) and skin cancer. Sun damage can take years to surface often long after the damage has been done.
Every time the skin is exposed to UV light, some damage occurs and the cumulative effect of this repeated damage is epidermal DNA damage, persistent inflammation and oxidative stress.
Consistently preventing damage to skin from the sun’s UV rays should be the single most important aspect of your skin care strategy. Proper UV protection may not only help prevent photoaging and further damage to the skin but can also facilitate the reversal of some of the existing signs of aging.
Ultraviolet Light
Repeated exposure to ultraviolet light (UV radiation) from the sun accounts for nearly 90% of symptoms of early skin aging, skin damage and skin cancer.
Oftentimes the harmful effects of the sun are a greater contributor to skin aging than all other factors combined, including the intrinsic aging of skin cells.
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