The days have been getting longer and the sunshine is getting warmer with each passing day, bringing with it one of our favorite times of the year. More sunshine means days at the beach, afternoon strolls, outdoor barbecues, and so many other amazing things. However, through all the fun, it can be easy to forget how important it is to keep yourself safe and protected from the sun. While we all love the warm sunshine and everything it brings with it, it can also be extremely damaging to you and your skin, risking skin cancer, premature photoaging, and so much more. The month of May is Skin Cancer Awareness Month, which means it’s time to take a look at your skin and take the steps you need to make sure you’re protecting yourself as much as possible.
Too Much of a Good Thing
A lot of research shows that adults are not getting enough Vitamin D – a nutrient that aids in bone health, mental health, immune health, and weight loss (just to name a few). Vitamin D is also crucial to maintaining healthy skin, something we are very passionate about at Skin Authority. It helps prevent aging and can create a protective barrier from environmental harm that accelerates skin damage.
Vitamin D can come from many sources, food, oral supplements or a topical skin product. However, you can also get your daily recommended dose just from soaking in that sweet sunshine. Getting anywhere from 10 to 15 minutes a day in the sun can keep your Vitamin D levels healthy (assuming your base D levels are normal). But it’s no secret that unprotected sun exposure can be detrimental to your skin and your body’s overall health. Destructive rays, especially UV rays, can damage your skin’s elasticity inviting premature wrinkles and sagging. It also invites basal cell production and melanoma development, a harsh and quick stepping stone to full-blown skin cancer.
Stay Protected
Skin cancer and overall skin damage can sneak up on you, especially during these warmer spring and summer months when you’re busy having fun. It’s extremely important to make sure you’re protecting your most valuable asset: your health.
Wear Broad Spectrum Sunscreen all over. Putting on sunscreen may only feel like a requirement when you’re heading to the beach, but it’s vital to do it before you leave the house for any reason. Even on overcast days, those rays can cause damage to your skin without you thinking twice about it. Applying SPF to exposed skin – including your face – will give your skin an added layer of protection and keep your skin looking young and healthy. But SPF only blocks UVB rays, for full protection from UVA and UVB look for the term Broad Spectrum with ingredients from the mineral oxide family. Try our Daily Defense Moisturizer SPF 30 for soft (and safe!) skin everywhere you go.
Protect yourself from invisible environmental aggressors. The sun is not the only damaging thing that has it out for your skin. Indoors, our devices and environmental surroundings are also harming our skin and health in ways you might not even think about. Blue light, infrared radiation, activity-induced heat, and pollution are all causing irreversible damage to our skin. Pollution is more invasive indoors since we are enclosed in smaller spaces. Our SkinSuit™ Face and SkinSuit™ Lip are the perfect lines of defense to make sure you’re protected from 99% of these aggressors indoors and outdoors.
Give your skin extra support. Sometimes we all need a little support, and your skin is no different. Because it is very difficult to get our daily requirements of Vitamin D from food sources (you need bushels of salmon, sauerkraut, mushrooms), we can support D needs with supplements and daily application of our VitaD Fortified™ Topical Elixir as an additional protectant. It will give your skin more brightness and firmness while keeping your skin protected from those environmental aggressors.
So this Skin Cancer Awareness Month (and the rest of the year, too) make sure you’re enjoying yourself while also keeping your skin safe from any damage and harm. Right now, we are offering you the chance to have double the protection. With your purchase of VitaD Fortified™ Topical Elixir, you’ll receive SkinSuit™ free with it – making it the perfect pair to keep you and your skin healthy for years to come. Just use Promo Code AWAREVDF at Check-Out. Offer valid 5/1/ through 6/30/2021.