My Skin, and Its Sad Fate

Last night, I posted an overview of my VISIA analysis.

I thought it may be most beneficial for everyone if I follow up with a bit more detail on what this means, and how to proceed if you get results as scary as mine.

See those red areas? Hot, right?

They can be a million things, from acne (which I DO NOT have) to inflammations, rosacea or spider veins. I do have rosacea – I just had convinced myself it had magically disappeared!
While I didn’t do so hot in ANY area, my one real red flag was the UV spot pictures above. UV spots are, essentially, sun damage.

They happen when melanin coagulates.

Lets just take a moment to ponder how gross that is even in random phrasing.

However, they are invisible to the naked eye…for now. My UV score was 49% – this percentage is meant to compare against others in VISIA database with my age/skin type who I scored better than; the scores for UV spots and porphyrins represent actual counts, with higher counts indicating more sun damage. So, yeah, that’s bad.

My goal? To take better care of my skin before I end up with photodamage, spots, or…in all likelihood, skin cancer. I’m going to wear SPF every day, no matter what! Even if it’s snowing. And, I think the reason this befell me is so I should impart upon all of you that you must do this as well. It’s really, truly, no joking matter!