Free radicals are the main cause of the body's aging process. They are found freely in the body. Basically, free radicals are atoms or group of atoms that have missing electrons, therefore making them unstable. To gain back their stability, they get electrons from nearby atoms, breaking their strong chemical bonds, rendering the other atom incapacitated.
The ultraviolet rays from the sun causes an upsurge of free radicals on the skin's surface, damaging the collagen and elastin molecules found in the skin. This injury distorts the shape of collagen molecules, causing wrinkles and sagging to occur on the skin. Haven't you noticed the people who are usually out in the sun tend to look more mature than the ones who are indoors most of the time. Subsequently, elastin molecules are also damaged by the free radicals. Since elastin is the protein responsible for the skin's flexibility, an injury to its molecules will cause the skin to lose its suppleness and ability to go back to its original form. When this happens, years will be added to your appearance.
The damaged collagen begins to deteriorate and, in essence, becomes deformed. Healthy collagen is smooth and supple. The more free radical damage you have, the more sagging and wrinkles. The weathered skin you see on people who spend a life time in the sun is the result of cross linked collagen.
Elastin is the protein in your skin that gives it elasticity. Free radicals turn elastin into something resembling a dried out rubber band. Your skin loses the ability to spring back. The suppleness diminishes and you look aged.
Melanin, the pigment responsible for your complexion, is also affected by free radicals by disturbing its proliferation, thus giving you uneven spots or age spots as they call them, on your skin, ranging from freckles to the big brown ones. Melanin production is upset and quite disorderly, making your skin look old.
Healthy skin usually have their cells replenished every 21 to 28 days. Sun exposure and free radicals disturb this process by delaying the production of new cells. Since the life span of a cell is about 21 to 28 days, with the production of new cells slowing down, the skin will be composed mostly of old, dying cells, making you age prematurely. Basking in the right amount of sunlight is good for the skin, but prolonged exposure to it, like when you get a tan, will destroy it, making you look older and frail, instead of young and healthy.
The effects of free radicals are shocking. They can make you appear much older than your actual age. And yet many people continue to promote the myth that a tan is youthful and healthy.
Repeated exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays, especially during noon can cause an upsurge in the free radicals in the skin, making the mechanism of normal cell growth malfunction. If this practice will persist, it will eventually lead to skin cancer, and ultimately, disease.
The ultraviolet rays from the sun causes an upsurge of free radicals on the skin's surface, damaging the collagen and elastin molecules found in the skin. This injury distorts the shape of collagen molecules, causing wrinkles and sagging to occur on the skin. Haven't you noticed the people who are usually out in the sun tend to look more mature than the ones who are indoors most of the time. Subsequently, elastin molecules are also damaged by the free radicals. Since elastin is the protein responsible for the skin's flexibility, an injury to its molecules will cause the skin to lose its suppleness and ability to go back to its original form. When this happens, years will be added to your appearance.
The damaged collagen begins to deteriorate and, in essence, becomes deformed. Healthy collagen is smooth and supple. The more free radical damage you have, the more sagging and wrinkles. The weathered skin you see on people who spend a life time in the sun is the result of cross linked collagen.
Elastin is the protein in your skin that gives it elasticity. Free radicals turn elastin into something resembling a dried out rubber band. Your skin loses the ability to spring back. The suppleness diminishes and you look aged.
Melanin, the pigment responsible for your complexion, is also affected by free radicals by disturbing its proliferation, thus giving you uneven spots or age spots as they call them, on your skin, ranging from freckles to the big brown ones. Melanin production is upset and quite disorderly, making your skin look old.
Healthy skin usually have their cells replenished every 21 to 28 days. Sun exposure and free radicals disturb this process by delaying the production of new cells. Since the life span of a cell is about 21 to 28 days, with the production of new cells slowing down, the skin will be composed mostly of old, dying cells, making you age prematurely. Basking in the right amount of sunlight is good for the skin, but prolonged exposure to it, like when you get a tan, will destroy it, making you look older and frail, instead of young and healthy.
The effects of free radicals are shocking. They can make you appear much older than your actual age. And yet many people continue to promote the myth that a tan is youthful and healthy.
Repeated exposure to the sun's ultraviolet rays, especially during noon can cause an upsurge in the free radicals in the skin, making the mechanism of normal cell growth malfunction. If this practice will persist, it will eventually lead to skin cancer, and ultimately, disease.
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