How to Protect Skin

No one can deny that having a healthy, fair skin is critical to a living a
perfectly wonderful life. It frees you from the wrath of symptoms
caused by skin diseases.



Skin is perhaps one of the most important parts of your body for it
protects you from a host of diseases that may pose a threat to your
existence.



It is our body’s main line of defence. It guards you from all infections
and insulates your body from the ever-fluctuating external
environment in order to keep a relatively stable body temperature.



It is the body’s main point of contact to the outside world, sending
constant information to the brain about pain, heat, texture, cold, etc.




With this in mind, there is no doubt that proper skin care and staying
away from skin damaging activities will do yourself and your skin
particularly, a big favor.



Skin Cancer



Like most part of our body, the skin is also likely to develop cancer.
Cancer is a result of an uncontrolled cell growth in one part of the
body.



Unlike normal cells which are programmed to divide, grow, and die at
a certain time, cancer cells lack the internal machinery to control
growth and as a result cause severe damage to normal cells that will
be outnumbered along the process in a certain biological locality.



Technically, the body reacts in many ways to cancer cells but this
abnormality causes other diseases to suffer nutritional death. Cancer
cells were found to cause the body to produce numerous blood vessel
connections along the cancerous portion thereby depriving normal cells
with nutrients.



Some cells even detach from their point of origin and travel to other


parts of the body to start a new colony of cancer cells.



Skin cancers are either melanoma or non-melanoma cancers. Non-
melanomas are cancers which arise from skin cells other than
melanocytes cells. Melanomas are cancerous melanocytes cells that
produce melanin, a pigment that gives the skin its characteristic color.



UV Rays



The sun is one of the key enemies of the skin. Although sunlight helps
the skin synthesize vitamin D (cholecalciferol), excessive and
prolonged exposure to the sun causes damage and wrinkling.