Solar power zaps.If you didn't protect your exposed skin with sun screen over the winter, then you still haven't gotten the message. The sun does not take a winter sabbatical. It zaps your skin with damaging ultraviolet rays Ultraviolet rays Invisible light rays with a wavelength shorter than that of visible light but longer than that of x rays. Mentioned in: Sunscreens at any temperature. Ultraviolet radiation damages skin by causing mutations and damaging collagen. The results--large flat freckles freckles Ephilides Brown macules, often exacerbated on sun-exposed zones of the skin surface, which disappear during the winter, and most commonly affecting the fair-skinned, especially of Celtic stock. See Macule. Cf Nevus. , wrinkles, red splotches, spider veins, and precancerous precancerous /pre·can·cer·ous/ (-kan´ser-us) pertaining to a pathologic process that tends to become malignant. pre·can·cer·ous adj. and cancerous lesions. These don't sound or look nearly as attractive as a tan. Approximately, one million new skin cancers arise every year. Almost all could have been prevented with sunscreen sunscreen /sun·screen/ (-skren) a substance applied to the skin to protect it from the effects of the sun's rays. sun·screen n. and coverage. Don't subtract from the healthy benefits of running by increasing your risk for skin cancer. Start now to protect your skin every day and make it a year-long habit. Visit www.cdc.gov/ChooseYour Cover and don't get zapped. |
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