How to Prevent Skin Discoloration
Although skin discoloration is always a bothersome issue to many of us especially women, you can prevent skin discoloration through below 5 simple and natural skin care tips.
1) Provide Protection against Sun Damage
The sun’s rays can lead to skin damage and skin discoloration. Besides, it can also cause premature aging such as wrinkles, sagging skins and age spots. There are basically 2 types of sun’s rays: ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB).
UVA rays are long-wave solar rays and are the main cause for aging. As UVA penetrates the skin more deeply, it will damage skin strength and elasticity, and its degradation leads to sagging, wrinkles that accompany aging. UVB rays or tanning rays are short-wave solar rays, and are more potent than UVA in producing sunburn. That is why these rays are considered the main cause of skin cancers besides skin discoloration.
Some important tips about sunscreen that might help you to prevent skin discoloration:
- SPF (Sun Protection Factor): It is effective in preventing sunburn caused by UVB. It is measured by its numerical value. Normally, it takes approximately 20 minutes to make you getting sunburn under the sun. So, you just multiply the SPF value to 20 minutes to get your UV protection time. For example, SPF 15 is sufficient for about 5 hours of UV protection. (15 x 20 minutes equals to 300 minutes or 5 hours)
- PA (Protection UVA): It is effective in preventing skin darkening caused by UVA. Measured by its “+” symbol. “+” indicates lower protection compared to “+++”, which indicates a higher protection.
- Physical sunblock: Titanium and dioxide and zinc oxide are effective in absorbing both UVA and UVB.
- Chemical: Octyl methoxycinnamate (OMC) and Octyl Salicylate are effective in absorbing UVB, while Oxybenzone and Parsol 1789 are effective in absorbing UVA.
2) Inhibit Melanin Production and Control Melanin Formation
There are 3 phases causing skin discoloration: Activation, Synthesis and Expression phase. You can inhibit melanin production at activation phase, and control melanin formation at synthesis phase by using quality skin care treatments or products. Using quality skin care products is not only improving the appearance of your skin by eliminating skin discoloration, but improving the texture as well. For discoloration on the face that is difficult to get rid of trying an effective and safe skin care treatments such as Tri-phasic White System which can solves the problems caused by all 3 phases of skin discoloration.
3) Obtain Normal Skin Cell Turnover and Exfoliation
This is one of the essential steps in improving skin texture and preventing dull skin and skin discoloration. Exfoliation sloughs off dead skin cells that can cause it to look rough and dull, discourage break outs, and keep your skin smooth and glowing looked. So, please make exfoliation an important part of your daily regimen together with good skin care treatments.
4) Consume some Supplements: Green tea
Study carried out by Stanford University shown that green tea with 97% of polyphenols is a powerful anti oxidant that can help prevent photo-damage in the skin, and thus is good in preventing skin discoloration.
5) Live a Healthy lifestyle
Besides using quality skin care treatments, maintain healthy level of stress hormone, eating right and exercising encourage good, healthy looking skin. Stress is one of the activators of pigment production, causing skin discoloration. So, it is important to maintain a healthy level of stress hormone like cortisol, as it is a good management of stress.
Eating lots of fruits and vegetables provides the body the vitamins and minerals it needs to stay looking and feeling its best. It is also advised that you increase your food intake that contains folic acid such as green leaves, liver, whole wheat, oats and barley. These ensure that your skin remains healthy and that you also get a good dose of Vitamin B.
In addition, avoid smoking (and smoking area) and drinking which can make your complexion dull and lifeless. Getting enough sleep and exercise are also important to maintain a fresh, healthy looking complexion skin, and decrease the chances of skin discoloration.
Having a glowing healthy skin is always a dream of everyone. Besides the tips on how to prevent skin discoloration, understand skin care basic will help you to choose a good skin care treatments wisely and correctly, and thus help you to maintain a healthy looked skin.