USE
USE TECHNOLOGY EACH DAY. SOME EXPERTS SAY BLUE LIGHT--
WHICH IS THE LIGHT THAT
COMES FROM YOUR COMPUTER OR
PHONE SCREEN
-- CAN STRAIN OUR EYES AND
AFFECT YOUR SLEEP.
AND IF THAT'S NOT ENOUGH --
RESEARCH SUGGESTS IT
MIGHT MAKE YOU LOOK OLDER!
JOINING US TO EXPLAIN IS DR.
MARCELO
MARCELO ANTUNES -- A BOARD CERTIFIED PLASTIC
SURGEON WITH THE PIAZZA CENTER.
QUESTION
QUESTION 1: WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXPOSURE TO BLUE LIGHT AND EXPOSURE TO
ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT?
--BLUE LIGHT AND UV LIGHT ARE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF LIGHTS IN THE
WAY THAT THEY HAVE DIFFERENT
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
UV IS MORE LIKE 200-400NM AND
BLUE LIGHT IS 400-450NM
.
UV LIGHT COMES FROM THE SUN AND
OTHER LAMPS SUCH AS
BLACK LAMPS AND TANNING BEDS.
BLUE LIGHT ALSO COME FROM THE
SUN LIGHT. MORE
IMPORTANTLY, BLUE LIGHT IS
EMITTED FROM SCREENS OF
DEVICES SUCH AS PHONES AND
COMPUTERS.
QUESTION 2: WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE
COULD BLUE LIGHT
POTENTIALLY CAUSE YOUR SKIN? --BLUE LIGHT CAUSES A FEW THINGS ON THE SKIN
OXIDATIVE STRESS AND CREATION OF
FREE RADICALS
EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX BREAKDOWN
BOTH PROCESSES DAMAGE THE SKIN
TISSUES
INCLUDING COLLAGEN AND ELASTIN
AND ACCELERATES
AND ACCELERATES
AGING.
AGING. HYPERPIGMENTATION..FORMATIO N OF DARK SPOTS ON THE
SKIN. THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN THE
DARK SPOTS FROM
SUN LIGHT. THEY ARE SLOWER TO
APPEAR AND MORE
STUBBORN TO GO AWAY.
QUESTION 3: HOW CAN YOU PROTECT
YOUR FACE?
--UNFORTUNATELY, SUN SCREEN DOES
NOT HELP. NOT EVEN THE
ONES WITH ZINC OR TITANIUM.
THERE ARE A FEW MEDICAL GRADE
SKIN CARE PRODUCTS
THAT
THAT WILL
THAT WILL PROTECT FROM EFFECTS OF THE BLUE LIGHT BY
PREVENTING THE FREE RADICAL FORMATION, CELLULAR DAMAGE AND
HYPERPIGMENTATION SO THE SKIN
WILL STILL ABSORB THE LIGHT BUT
THE DAMAGE WONT OCCUR.
QUESTION 4: WHAT ARE SOME OTHER
WAYS WE CAN PROTECT
ALRIGHT--
ALRIGHT-- DR. ANTUNES THANKS FOR JOINING US