Anti Aging Solutions

The prolongation of life expectancy is changing everyday, and today, youth and maturity parameters have changed radically. Women today experience the menopause as the start of a new phase, more intense and beneficial changes.

The difference is that before there were specific products of any item designed for women in menopause. Today, however, has a range of options ranging from creams and food to courses or travel.

Menopause represents a major step in the lives of women, which produces the definitive end of the period because the ovaries stop functioning and, therefore, producing estrogen. Hormonal deficiency that occurs during menopause involves a natural process of gradual physical changes. To mention one, is the change in the skin and that estrogens have a crucial role in performance because they increase the thickness and maintain skin moisture and elasticity.

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With these data as security, sunscreens should always fit into our beach bag. These products act as an umbrella against the sun, since they protect the skin, absorb, reflect and disseminate ultraviolet radiation. The UV is invisible rays that penetrate the skin and can cause burns in the short term and long-term skin changes to a greater extent when they have been exposed to the sun without proper protection.

UV rays are strongest in summer, at higher altitudes and closer to Ecuador. Their damaging effects are increased with the wind and the reflection of water, sand and snow. Even on cloudy days, UV radiation reaches Earth.

There are three types of UV rays: UVA, UVB and UVC. UVA (long wavelength) are responsible for immediate pigmentation of the skin and the tanning of delay. Penetrate slowly into the deeper layers of the skin and cause changes in blood vasculature, spots, skin aging by destroying collagen, which provides elasticity to the skin, and precancerous lesions (actinic keratosis), although often considered harmless .

UVB (medium wave length) has increased slightly in energy but penetrates the skin. The effects are cumulative, long-term and are responsible for burning, increasing the thickness of skin and skin cancer.

And the short UV or UVC, are the most aggressive, but they do not penetrate the ozone layer because they are absorbed by the atmosphere and held there.

Most sunscreens block ultraviolet B (UVB) and allow the passage of UVA to achieve skin pigmentation. Only in the case of sunscreens that act as sun-protection screens totally blocked the effect of these radiations, to protect those who by the nature of their skin, the exacerbation of allergic processes in contact with the sun or be on medication, be fully protected from the sun.

Usually sunscreens are classified by the scale SPF (English Sun Protection Factor). The SPF numbers that appear on the labels of reported tanning products capacity to block UVB rays and prevent sun burns. Therefore, higher SPF value, better protection from harmful solar radiation.

Some sunscreens also include information on their protection against UVA rays, but for the moment, there is no internationally agreed standardized method to measure this action.

The SPF method is governed by tests in vivo and is recognized by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) U.S. agency charged with evaluating food and drugs, and by The European Cosmetic Toiletry and Perfumery Association (Colipa) of the European Union.

The SPF values can be translated as follows:

* Between 2 and 5 low protection
* Between 6 and 11: average protection
* Between 12 and 19: high protection
* Between 20 and 29: maximum protection
* From 30: extreme protection