Skin Whitening

Some of the physical signs of sun damaged skin are sunburn, age spots, freckles and wrinkles. We all love the tanning effect of the sun but the reality is that too much exposure the UV rays cause a lot of havoc to your body. It increases free radicals which destroy your immune system, causing diseases including cancer; free radicals also cause premature aging of the skin leading to the appearance of lines, wrinkles and age spots.

The benefit of sunlight is not in doubt either; it helps your body to get the necessary vitamin D. However, you need to avoid too much exposure to it; to prevent sun damaged skin, you should always protect your body with sunscreen when going out. I do not mean the chemical laden SPFs, because those ones also contain chemicals harmful to your body.

Look for creams that contain D-Panthenol (vitamin B5); this is a natural sunblocker and moisturizer that protects your skin against the damaging effects of the UV rays of the sun. It is proven to be effective at preventing sunburns and removing existing ones; it also enhances natural tanning process.

The problem most people with sun damaged skin battle with is, finding a good skin whitening cream that will effectively remove the age spots, freckles, sunburns and wrinkles. Most of the whitening creams on the market contain lightening agents that irritate the skin such as hydroquinone and alphahydroxy acid; these chemicals will even make the sun damaged skin worse.

However, there are a few natural whitening creams that contain ingredients that are effective and yet gentle on a skin with such condition. I discovered one of such natural whitening creams; it contains a whitening agent called Extrapone Nutgrass. This ingredient works by inhibiting the production of melanin; it is important to note that it is the accumulation of melanin that causes age spots.

Extrapone Nutgrass is proven to inhibit melanin by over 41% when used in 0.5% concentration. The beauty of it all is that instead of causing irritation, Nutgrass actually prevents irritation; this is because it was first developed as an anti-irritant before its whitening properties were discovered. It is gentle on your skin, yet very effective in removing age spots, sunburns, freckles and other pigmentation.

Extrapone Nutgrass also contains anti-aging properties; thus, it helps to remove lines and wrinkles thereby rejuvenating your sun damaged skin, making it look smooth and younger.

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By: Caroline Igwe

People generally underestimate the effect that sun damaged skin has on the way that you look as you get older.  The more time that you spend exposed to the ultraviolet radiation of the sun, the more lines and wrinkles that will form on your skin.  These lines will typically form earlier than they would have had you not spent time soaking up rays, and are usually deeper.

Another thing that could result from this exposure is what is typically referred to as age spots.  These spots on your skin are formed by the same melanin hyperpigmentation that causes your skin to tan in the summertime.  Age spots, or sun spots, occur when cells in your skin become so badly damaged that the melanin hyperpigmentation becomes permanent.

The first thing that I want to tell you about treating the lines and wrinkles that result from sun damaged skin is to avoid the use of the typical collagen and elastin formulas on the market.  These products will not reduce the lines on your skin, because the two main ingredients cannot be absorbed.  They are simply too dense to be able to pass through your skin.

The most effective ingredient for alleviating these lines is a pair of proteins that are known together as Functional Keratin.  What Functional Keratin does for your skin is it causes an elevation in the production rate of your collagen and elastin.  As the amount of these connective tissues grows, the lines and wrinkles on your skin begin to disappear.

There are plenty of formulas out there that are designed to treat the age spots formed by sun damaged skin also.  These skin whitening formulas are ineffective due to the fact that there are chemical bleaching agents in them for removing the hyperpigmentation from your skin.  These bleaches will do a lot more harm to your skin than they will good.

These chemicals have a tendency to spread out beyond the borders of the area being treated.  When this happens your skin becomes mottled or blotchy in appearance, and your hyper-pigmented areas will still appear clearly.  There are far better ingredients that you could be using on your skin than these chemical agents, and these compounds are far more effective in treating your problem.

In order for you to be able to remove the brown spots caused by sun damaged skin, your product needs to contain an ingredient that is known as Extrapone nutgrass root extract.  This extract has been in use for thousands of years in India, where this nutgrass grows freely.  This compound is the most effective natural melanin inhibitor in the world.

Not only will Extrapone root extract lighten the affected areas and blend them back in with the rest of your skin, but it will also prevent new outbreaks of these spots from forming.  This ingredient in combination with a collagen and elastin enhancer such as Functional Keratin, is all that you will ever need in order to give your sun damaged skin its youthful appearance once again.

By: Elizabeth Ruby