With summer just around the corner we are temped more than ever to spend a day lying in the sun reading a great novel or taking a midday ciesta. Popular belief used to be that if you did such an activity, sunscreen would be your shield against those aggressive skin damaging rays. And while it is vitally important to use a high quality sunscreen, it is not going to entirely erase the premature aging affects.
The dangerous fact is that 90% of premature skin aging is caused by UV radiation, according to The American Academy of Dermatology. Recent scientific studies have also revealed that sunscreen is less effective than originally thought at blocking full spectrum UV rays. In addition, UVA rays, newly recognized as the more damaging of the two, can actually penetrate through windows as well.
So now you are faced with what seems like two choices. Live in the dark, shut the curtains, and take out all of your light bulbs. Or be destined to have a face that more closely resembles a Ralph Lauren Serana riding boot than a porcelain doll. And though we do encourage a life of darkness over one of sun worship, there is an alternative.
The first step is to wear a high quality sunscreen. Surprise, surprise, like all other products in the world, sunscreens are not created equal. Make sure that you look for zinc oxide or avobenzone in the ingredient list to ensure that you are getting both UVA and UVB protection and don’t necessarily trust labels claiming “broad-spectrum” protection because there is no UVA measurement standard in the U.S. The second is to take an ingestible supplement designed to combat the damaging effects of UV radiation.
Nektre Labs, an antioxidant focused skincare company based in California, is at the forefront of the internal sunscreen movement. Internal Affair their debut product is an ingestible supplement designed to repair and prevent UV induced skin damage. Internal Affair contains 20 powerful age-fight micronutrients that work hand in hand to keep your skin youthful and radiant.
Niacin, one of Internal Affair’s key ingredients, has been clinically shown to repair DNA damage caused by UV exposure. Niacin also increases vessel dilation, aiding in the delivery of micronutrients to the upper skin layers. L-Tyrosine, also one of Internal Affair’s key ingredients, is actually a precursor to both CoQ10 and melanin (a product of skin cells that diffuses UV radiation and turns it into heat before it can break apart DNA) acting as both an internal sunscreen and as an antioxidant booster. Pomegranate extract and green tea are also a few of the ingredients that help control free radical damage and inflammation caused by the sun.
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