Did you know that every ultra-violet ray that penetrates the skin acts like a molecular bullet, setting off a biochemical chain reaction that damages collagen (the main component of skin) and creates fine lines and wrinkles.  UV light also disturbs the skin’s pigment cells, creating age spots and freckles in light skinned people, and uneven distribution of pigmentation in darker-skinned people.

Though pigment changes, age spots, and fine wrinkles are not themselves a health problem, the sun over-exposure that causes them is the principal risk for skin cancer.

Personally, I’ve seen people who have had to have cancers removed from their face and it isn’t a pretty site.

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