The changing seasons can have a major impact on your aesthetic journey. Fall is a good time to up your skin care game as the temperature drops. It stills feels like summer in most parts of the world, which means one thing—sun exposure. Enjoying a little fun in the sun is great, but take care to keep up with regular applications of sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher. Fine lines, wrinkles, sun spots, and hyperpigmentation are all signs of photoaging, which can begin to show as early as your teens and twenties. The truth is, sun exposure is unavoidable and almost everyone will experience some signs of photoaging in their lifetime. The good news is that there are ways to treat it and to prevent further signs of sun damage going forward. Photoaging is damage to the skin caused by exposure to sunlight and ultraviolet light, and it’s responsible for 90% of the visible changes you see in your skin as you age. Wrinkles, sagging skin, brown spots, and the discoloration known as melasma: all these skin concerns are signs of photoaging. It’s important to note as well that sunlight isn’t the only external contributor to photoaging. Blue light exposure is now known to be a similar contributor to skin damage. Chronic high exposure to the blue light projected from your phone, computer, tablet, and television screen will speed up the aging process of your skin. Since technology has become a necessary part of modern life, all this is to say that some element of photoaging is unavoidable. Still, there are effective ways to prevent and treat it. Besides sunscreen, you can treat photoaging topically with ingredients like hyaluronic acid to treat dryness, Vitamin C to help brighten dark spots and anti-aging retinol. Photofacial treatments are a safe, non-surgical way to improve the look of aging and discoloration due to sun damage, Using Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) technology to rejuvenate skin from beneath the surface, photofacials reinvigorate the skin’s natural production of collagen and elastin, and improve skin tone and texture for a radiant, younger-looking appearance. #sun #summer #sunscreen #skin #skincare #beauty #outdoors #nature #photoaging #spa