Beat UV rays and pollutants this summer
These sprays, cream and mists to leave skin radiant
Sweat-inducing humidity one day, ageing sunshine the next and a drying air conditioner in between, Hong Kong's summer is a challenge for our complexions. You would have to have been on another planet not to know about protection for the skin, but are you protecting it from the correct threats and using the right weapons?
"Everyone should be aware of sun protection," says Dr Henry Chan Hin-lee, specialist in dermatology at the Hong Kong Dermatology and Laser Centre. He's stating the obvious but there are still far too many people aware of it yet doing little or nothing about it. Chan names photo damage as one of the three major factors responsible for causing skin ageing, alongside getting older and smoking. "Protection is universally important," he says.
Freckles, then age spots, are signs that skin has spent too long in the sun, but over and above being unsightly, pigmentation caused by the sun is a sign of accumulative damage, which also indicates a depletion of collagen in the dermis leading to wrinkles and a lack of skin elasticity.