{"id":13608,"date":"2013-12-10T08:30:45","date_gmt":"2013-12-10T00:30:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/?p=13608"},"modified":"2013-12-09T10:55:20","modified_gmt":"2013-12-09T02:55:20","slug":"skin-fatigue-energy-drainers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mywomenstuff.com\/2013\/12\/skin-fatigue-energy-drainers\/","title":{"rendered":"Why isn’t your skincare working for you? Are you experiencing “Skin Fatigue”?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Skin Fatigue” – I wonder what’s that? I hear you ask.<\/p>\n

Well, here’s some things I learned about our skin and why we may feel that sometimes, some skincare doesn’t deliver what they promise, or why our skin may just not be receptive to certain skincare. I’ll try to distill the science of what I’ve learned from listening to a couple of scientists during my trip to Sydney with Olay \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

I’ll allow that the take away is quite Olay-centric which is to be expected, but a lot of the sciencey bits made sense so I’ll share those \ud83d\ude42 So, what’s that about skin and energy then? How does our skin get tired and how does that affect how we look?<\/p>\n

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Left: Dr. John Oblong, P&G Right: Prof Mark Birch-Machin, University of Newcastle UK<\/em><\/p>\n

By way of preface, this was on the fringe of the 6th Asia and Oceania Conference on Photobiology which is the study of the effect of sunlight on human health including its benefits and detrimental effects. Thankfully, I might add, I wasn’t required to sit through the actual conference or I might have been that rude participant snoozing away at the back. That wouldn’t have been very impressive would it? \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n

Skin energy drainers<\/h3>\n

During an insightful and oft-times amusing presentation by Prof Mark Birch-Machin and also Dr. John Oblong in a closed session, we learned that photobiology research has shown that sunlight, whilst beneficial to us for producing Vitamin D and keeping us feeling happy and sunny (literally) can also be detrimental to our health and our skin. Now, many of us already know this.<\/p>\n

That’s why we slather on our sunscreens everyday, rain or shine to protect ourselves from the harmful UV rays, which are known to cause aging, pigmentation and generally, bad skin. Well, you ARE applying sunscreen daily aren’t you?<\/p>\n

But other than the sun, Prof Mark Birch-Machin also shared that in the study of Cellular Bioenergenetics, research has also found that our skin loses energy through other means, which in terms of beauty, means that our skin starts looking dull, gets dehydrated and ages more quickly. These skin bioenergy drainers are:-<\/p>\n