You would have heard it many times before, but wearing SPF on your face every day is key to having both healthy and healthy-looking skin. Besides just helping to prevent skin cancers, it is also a form of anti-ageing.  It is one of the best and easiest ways of protecting your skin.

A good sunscreen will block the harmful effects of the sun’s UVA and UVB rays, which creates chaos on our skin and its cells, leading to a decrease in collagen and elasticity resulting in fine lines, pigmentation, and an increased risk of developing skin cancer.

As mentioned above, it is recommended to wear it every day, no matter what the weather is! UV rays can still penetrate through the clouds.

With working from home being the new norm, some believe that because they are indoors they don’t need protection, however, the sun can still be harmful to our skin. "Standard glass windows block UVB but not UVA rays, which can penetrate deeper into the skin than UVB which are the main contributing factor to photo-aging — which are changes seen as dark spots, wrinkles, and leathery textured skin." – Joyce Park, Dermatologist. She also recommends wearing it when working or sitting by a window or in a room with lots of sunlight. 

If you are serious about preventing premature ageing, experts now say that protection from UVA and UVB rays is no longer enough. Recent research has found that Blue lights from our phones, computers and TV screens are also a factor in premature ageing. You just can't seem to escape it.

Blue light can penetrate the deeper layers of our skin (the same as UVA rays from the sun) and which breaks down collagen and elastin, which speeds up ageing and inflammation.

Top tip; Turn your phone onto “night” mode, which switches the hue of your screen to a warm, yellow light. Swapping the blue light for yellow light is easier on both your skin and can help with eye strain and skin damage.