Share your thoughts on the... 2024 Met Gala
Oh yes! Sunscreen, sunscreen, sunscreen. And antioxidants, whatever floats your boat, vitamin C, kinetin, resveratrol, Q10, alpha lipolic acid, ferulic acid, vitamin E or something form the huge array of plant extract things...
^I'd say don't use Retin-A. That is really somewhat of a last resort IMO, it is way too harsh for most people.
Sunscreen is the only thing that will prevent ageing.
That vid is too funny! Is she serious?
Of course some of the UV rays reach the skin, I don't think you've fully understood the concept of the number behind the SPF...? No sunscreen should absorb 100% of the UV rays, we still need them, remember?I don't fully trust sunscreens either (and the standards that regulate them are too low Imo), and there is some research that shows they protect only against like 55% of UV rays (could be true, could depend on the sunscreen, since there are thousands out there). The rest still reaches skin. Fact is, no sunscreen guards skin from 100% of sun's rays. Imo sun avoidance in the peak hours is more sensible from anti-aging perspective, combined with a good broad-spectrum, photo-stable sunscreen applied in sufficient amount at all times, rain or sunshine.
That plus 3 more things, antioxidants for AM and PM, anti-inflammatory product and skin barrier repair stuff. Is really simple really. Unless skin needs some extra, like blackhead or pigmentation treatments.
rayoflight, i'd be interested in what your recommendations for anti-inflammatory & skin barrier repair products are?
In Denmark SPF refers to both UVA and UVB. I don't know (or care) much about the legislation in other countries...except for Australia. They take the matter seriously, and they conduct much more thorough research than in other countries I really wish the Danish board of health would wake up, skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in DK yet nobody seems to give a crap. Baffles the mind.Noooo. I mean the Pinnell research Skinceuticals uses to base their sun protection products on (sure, biased and all, but there is some truth in that), which says sunscreens only block 55% of the ROS created from UV rays, not the SPF vs UVB % chart.
There is more to that anyway, since it's dated and comes from the 80-90s when scientists were unaware of implications from UVA rays and sunscreens didn't protect from those. SPF refers to UVB rays only and SPF has nothing to do the UVA rays which are measured by PPD index in EU since the mid-00s.