Have you ever experienced a dreaful sunburn on your skin after a whole day in the sun? Or have you felt sick from overexposure to the sun?
Although we all love the long summer days and being able to enjoy ourselves outdoors, there's nothing worse than realising, at the end of the day, that we got badly sunburned!
Sunburn is a radiation burn to the skin caused by too much exposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays. This radiation can harm and damage the skin on hot, cool and even cloudy days - in short, it is not the heat from the sun that burns the skin, but the UV radiation.
Most people find it difficult to understand why sunburns occur, as you can see the sunlight and feel the heat, but you can not see or feel the UV radiation.
Our blood vessels swell to increase blood flow and bring our immunity cells to the skin in order to aid in the burn. This causes our skin to look red, swollen and inflammed.
The sunburn will eventually heal, but some of the surviving cells will then have alterations that can not be repaired. These alterations are precisely what you need to be aware of and careful with, as they can lead to melanoma and other forms of skin cancer.
Sunburn can cause pain because of the heat sensation that has destroyed skin cells. Less severe burns can heal, but severely burnt skin that has had too much UV radiation will peel or blister.
Sunburn can start to appear on the skin straight away, but some people can only feel it hours later. The redness and burn can continue to develop up to that night. It can take days or even weeks to heal a sunburn, depending on its severity.
The effects of sunburn on our skin are:
Peeling is the skin's natural way to try to protect us from the UV radiation burn. Peeling can feel itchy and irritated, but does not cause any more trauma, and it is a sign of the skin trying to heal.
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My name is Sari Pols,
I have been in the skincare industry for over 15 years. My passion lies in ‘Health’. Health for the skin and body. My philosophy is if we have good well-being on the inside, then it shows our vitality on the outside.
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