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While most sunscreens help prevent sunburn, many do not provide effective protection against skin damage from ultraviolet A rays, which make up 95 percent of the UV spectrum.

Sunburn is caused by ultraviolet B rays, which are strong at midday and in the summer. Ultraviolet A rays, however, can penetrate glass and are the same strength all year. Both types of rays contribute to wrinkling, freckling, hyper-pigmentation and skin cancer.

The United States Food and Drug Administration has been promising to set sunscreen performance standards for over 30 years but has yet to do it. For sunscreen to be effective in preventing skin cancer it must provide broad-spectrum UV coverage. Dr. Henry Lim, chairman of dermatology at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit said “The U.S. is the only industrialized country with no guidelines for UVA protection, so consumers here have no way of knowing.”

To remove the signs of age from your skin today, contact the Houston medical spa Dermagenix by calling 713-662-3376. Ask us about our Laser Genesis treatment today.