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Windburn vs. Sunburn | Which Burn do YOU Have?

Written By Skinergies Inc.

Windburn vs. Sunburn | Which Burn do YOU Have?
Because symptoms are similar, telling the difference between windburn and sunburn can be difficult. Skin-damaging UV rays cause sunburn, while cold and windy weather causes windburn. Sunburn poses a long-term health risk, and may even cause skin cancer. While windburn is harmless in the long-term, but still leaves your skin red and irritated after a day of hiking, skiing, or even just walking in the park.

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Skin Damage and Photoaging... in the Middle of Winter?!

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Skin Damage and Photoaging... in the Middle of Winter?!
Winter sun skin damage affects many people as they simply don’t understand UVA radiation. While sunburn-causing UVB rays get most of the headlines, UVA is harmful too. If you don’t protect your skin during the winter, you may experience skin damage that leads to photoaging. No matter the season, even low levels of the sun’s radiation adds up over time and can cause harm to our winter-weakened skin. So always remain sun smart, especially under the winter’s sun.

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How every day exposure to sunlight makes your pores larger, and how to reverse it

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How every day exposure to sunlight makes your pores larger, and how to reverse it
The size of your pores is genetically determined. However, your lifestyle plays a key role in how they shape up in adulthood. Besides smoking, eating and sleeping habits, sun exposure, and primarily every day exposure to UV-A rays, is a key factor in what your pores look like. But it is possible and easy to reverse it.

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In the fall, don’t think your skin is getting a break from UV radiation

Written By Skinergies Inc.

UV-A radiation is equally intense year-round and easily penetrates glass, causing serious damage to the skin, starting with photoaging and worse, melanoma.

Summer might be over, but sunlight is not going anywhere: the sun will still rise and set, bathing us with natural light and who says daylight says UV. And particularly UV-A.

The time of year, the type of weather (clouds or no clouds), where you live and where you spend your time (indoors or outdoors) impact the amount of sunlight you’re exposed to, and consequently the amount of UV radiation and the potential damages. The closer you move towards the equator, the higher the levels of UV radiation. And those who think that being inside eliminates risks, they are wrong.

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Don’t say good bye to sun exposure right after Labor Day weekend

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Don’t say good bye to sun exposure right after Labor Day weekend
With the Labor Day weekend behind us and the official end of the summer season, most of us have already said their goodbyes to the sun, and promised to see each other again next year in the spring. Good bye sun bathing, warmth, tan and healthy glow... !

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