Excessive sun exposure can make skin look olderin addition to increased risks for cancer.
Sunscreens are highly effective in preventing both of these adverse results.
The skin on her face looks markedly younger with fewer wrinkles and sun spots.
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Natural skin aging is calledchronological aging, which happens to us all.
But UV rays can speed this process up in what’s known asphotoaging.
We should strive for chronological aging, and one way to do that is with preventive care.
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After all, who would not agree to an additional 2040 healthy years?
Such advancements will be realized by a significant reduction of age-related diseases including the prevention of cancers.
Because there is substantial overlap between the hallmarks of cancer and the hallmarks of aging.
Thus, addressing biological changes of aging will also address prerequisites of cancerogenesis.
We cant stop growing older, but protecting our skin can afford us a better outcome in the future.
