Keynote Award Lecture Sponsored By Ruger Chemical Corporation Non-Sunscreen Photo Protection: Where are We Today? The Skin Immune Protection

摘要

Today's scientific literature abound with solid evidence that the various parts of the UV spectrum do generate significant damage in the skin, and that the necessity to provide a broad spectrum protection from UV exposure is not just an option, but has become an absolute necessity. Despite the significant improvement in sunscreen technologies observed recently, based mostly on the stabilization of the UV absorbers during sun exposure, it remains that sunscreens have not been capable so far to provide a complete protection from all the consequences related from the exposure to both UVB and UVA rays. Clearly, the damages caused by the generation of free radicals, and the resulting oxidation of lipids proteins and even DNA cannot be totally prevented even by the best combination of the existing sunscreens technology.