You might have heard of sunburns. However, today problems related to harmful sunrays is not constrained to it. As the sun turns hotter each day, and due to the rising level of pollution in the atmosphere, your skin has to bear a lot. It becomes stressful when exposed to UV rays for longer time.

It is understood that you cannot completely cut off from exposing to sun rays. Hence, you should be aware of the problems caused by this exposure and how to treat them. Below are listed top 5 issues you might face at any point of time.

Wrinkles: Just imagine you look into the mirror, and the sight of those emerging wrinkles frightens you. Though these are said to be sign of aging, yet sun exposure can increase the chances of their appearance at younger age. Do you know UV rays can cause up to 90% of skin aging? Actually, it is due to the UVA rays which causes break down of important proteins in your skin, collagen and elastin, namely. These are responsible for maintaining your skin’s structure and flexibility. Now due to less less collagen and elastin, your skin tends to become lose and wrinkles start appearingon your face.

Age Spots

These are referred to the areas of extra pigmentation which occurs due overexposure of the sun. Age spots are also known as liver spots or solar lentigines. These are brown or grey spots which will appear similar to enlarged freckles and can occur in different sizes. Not only these will appear on your face, but other places where you get more sun exposure including hands and arms.

Sagging Neck

As stated UV rays from the sun leads to reduction of collagen and elastin in the skin, it will affect the area around your neck too. This means besides your face, sun exposure will also harm the skin around your neck. Just like wrinkles your skin might start sagging naturally as you age, but due to overexposure this is accelerated. In many cases, a bit of a ‘turkey neck’ starts forming as the skin becomes more saggy and loose.

Chapped Lips

It is good if you are regularly using a sunscreen. However, it is found that even the most diligent sunscreen users miss on one particular place. Yes, it is about the lips which are overlooked.And a long-term exposure of the lips to UV rays can cause as actinic cheilitis. UV rays lead to this condition which appears with symptoms like dry, chronically chapped, and scaly lips. Majorly, it affectsthe lower lip and if left untreated, this condition may lead to skin cancer.

Red-brown Patches:

Next in the list is about the spots which can form on your skin due to a condition called actinic keratosis. These are red-brown patches appearing of scaly skin which happens due long term sun exposure. As these patches feel rough and scaly, you might confuse them with scabs. It is not to be overlook as this might be potentially cancerous. Seek a medical professional in such case.

How to treat skin problem caused due to UV rays?

Besides following the healthy skin care routine, including application of a healthy sunscreen, you can look forward to dermarolling. It helps reverse the sun damaged skin and doesn’t involve surgical procedures. And don’t worry for the suffering introduced during the procedure. You can easily make it painless with the help of numbing cream. Yes, application of NumbSkin cream will make the entire process pain-free by desensitizing the skin for three to four hours. It is a good investment to make skin treatment painless.