How To Not Look Old | Plastic Surgeon Reacts

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let's react to another video by Brian

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Johnson how to not look

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old very dramatic

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beginning I see he has his Sun umbrella

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and for sure the sun can contribute to

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the aging process we know that UV rays

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and the Damage they cause can often

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affect our cells in a very negative way

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it can change the DNA structure it can

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cause different mutations

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and that in turn leads to not only the

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loss of collagen and elastin in our skin

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but also it can contribute to things

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like skin cancer which could be deadly

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and the umbrella surely can help in

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reducing exposure to the Sun but it's

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vital to use sunscreen and sunblock to

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make sure that we're protecting our skin

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as much as possible and to be reapplying

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it every few hours not just once a day

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people fervently want me to get a tan

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because they think that's a sign of good

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health actually a tan is a sign that

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your skin has been damaged that's a

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really good point yeah I mean often

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times people will say oh you look rested

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you look like you've been on vacation

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because you look more tan that's not

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necessarily a compliment it might be a

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better aesthetic appearance in the eyes

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of some but as far as the effect on your

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skin it can be quite damaging and

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especially if you have repeated exposure

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over the course of you know many days

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weeks years right some people are just

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out Under the Sun for many years without

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the proper protection so it starts with

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of course wearing the the right Sun

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protective clothing like he's somewhat

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doing here also the use of the umbrella

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like he has is a nice touch even though

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some might not like the way that looks

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in public but also just mainly making

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sure to protect your skin with something

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like sunblock sunscreen and and doing it

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um often enough because some people just

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apply it very infrequently especially if

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they're getting wet like in the swimming

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pool um and they're just not applying it

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enough to give themselves the proper

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protection the sun of course is good for

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many reasons it's also bad it's good

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because it helps increase vitamin D it's

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also good for mood and your circadium

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Rhythm and helping in sleep that's true

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there is something called light therapy

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so when people are more depressed and

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they have just the you know they feel

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like they're not as optimistic in life

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sometimes that can be remedied at least

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in part with the use of light therapy so

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there's something to be said for

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exposure to natural light and it's a

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good point about vitamin D though people

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often have enough vitamin D to function

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properly they don't necessarily need to

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be under the sun for hours to get those

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um vitamin D levels up it's bad because

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the sun can damage collagen and elastin

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leading to sagging skin and wrinkles

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it's also bad because it can lead to

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cancer yeah the best example of this and

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the most demonstrative is like of the

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person who's driving a truck and half of

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their face like usually the left side of

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their face will have been exposed to the

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sun more than the right side and you

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could see that the aging and the skin

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effects on their left side is going to

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be worse than the right side and that's

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because of the years of a accumulated uh

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stress on their skin from the Sun now

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the first question is when to get sun

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exposure A good rule of thumb is when

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the UV index is below three that's

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earlier in the morning and later in the

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afternoon you want to avoid High UV

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index which typically happens between

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10:00 a.m. and 400 p.m. this is true and

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notice that the time window that he's

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talking about is rather broad a lot of

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people when they're considering going

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outside like let's say they want to go

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to the beach they'll go exactly in that

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time range right they'll be there from

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like let's say you know 11:00 a.m. till

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about 4:5 p.m. and then they might go

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home and have their dinner but they've

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been out during that time when it's the

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most dangerous because of the strength

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of the UV rays like I remember when I

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was growing up my family would tell me

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don't go out at like 1:00 p.m. or like

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between 12:00 and 2 p.m that's like when

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the sun is the strongest but in reality

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it's a much broader uh interval if you

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wake up in the morning before the sun is

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out you do want light exposure as it

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helps with your circadium Rhythm and

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also your mood I wake up around 5:00

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a.m. before the sun is up and so I use a

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10,000 Lux lamp and you've probably

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heard that the sun improves vitamin D

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production that is correct well I like

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to wake up in the morning maybe not at

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5: but um at 600 or just before 600 and

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I like to go for a jog in the morning

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and that really helps me um with my mood

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with overall energy levels so you know

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he's got this uh Lux lamp but I think

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sometimes just going outside as long as

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it's not Pitch Black at that hour which

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usually most of the time most of the

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year it's not um you can still get

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plenty of light into your system you can

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also supplement vitamin D I take 2,000

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IU every day when it comes to hair loss

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one of the things that we check

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sometimes is vitamin D levels and what

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we find is for some people men and women

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vitamin D levels can be quite low and

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they're experiencing hair loss and that

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could be a contributor so sometimes we

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recommend also supplementation of

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vitamin D to help combat hair loss

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that's at least one of the factors that

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we consider the UV index is above three

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you can use a hat Sun screen or a UV

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umbrella what you're trying to avoid is

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excessive sun exposure on unprotected

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skin during High UV times which may

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cause skin damage yeah keep in mind that

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it's not just about being out in the sun

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it's really like how exposed your skin

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is so there is this concept of sun

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protective clothing where you're at

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least covering up most of your exposed

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areas of skin and of course the face

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might be harder to cover up so that's

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where you might consider applying you

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know sunblock sunscreen but other parts

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of the body are a little easier to cover

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up so the next time you're out on the

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beach and you have your shirt off or

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your bikini on for hours on end you

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might consider just throwing on a

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t-shirt once in a while to help protect

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that skin sunscreens a messy and Nuance

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topic that we don't really know yet what

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we should be talking

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about and there's so many different

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sunscreens and sunblocks out there and

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we have a video where we compared a

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really affordable sunscreen versus a

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really expensive ensive one and the

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findings might surprise you so make sure

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to check out that video but really it's

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not about finding the perfect sunblock

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or sunscreen it's really finding one

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that you like that you will uh be using

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maybe you like it smell maybe you like

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how it applies and just one that you

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will actually use that's really the best

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sunblock is the one that you'll actually

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use here are a few general rules that I

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follow one is I use a mineral based

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sunscreen it is less likely to be

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absorbed through the skin it has UVA and

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UVB protection it also is more

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environmental friendly now there are

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some nuances with mineral-based

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sunscreens for example the ingredient

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titanium dioxide there is some emerging

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evidence that it passes the blood brain

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barrier which can be accumulated in the

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brain not great yeah you know what

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sometimes seems like the safest best

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option eventually ends up being fraught

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with problems and then we discover that

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it causes cancer and it causes all these

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other problems so you know you have to

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be careful with um with the information

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that you trust and always realize that

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there might be some harm that's

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discovered U down the road that we don't

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really know about yet especially for

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newer types of um sunscreens or sun

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blocks or like any new medication for

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example we might feel that it's safe now

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and it might be the latest coolest thing

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but down the road we might find out that

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it actually causes problems and that's

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also one of the disadvantages with going

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with like a newer technology like for

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skin care or or for makeup or something

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like that cuz if they're using say like

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a nano technology and it sounds so cool

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and it's this like patented did new

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delivery mechanism it might sound great

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and it might actually work quite well

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now but who knows what we find out about

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you know in years from now and maybe

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we'll find out that it was quite harmful

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and then it gets taken off the market

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and that's really my general approach

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when it comes to like anything new in

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especially Aesthetics um I'm always a

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bit wary if it's a new device let's say

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a new laser you know that there was one

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company promoting a laser for helping

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with hair regrowth you know I'm very

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skeptical I'm always worried about the

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potential downsides and really like how

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beneficial is this new technology so I'm

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not always the first to jump on you know

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the new tech bandwagon um unless it

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truly has been demonstrated to be you

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know great but also you want to see how

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it does on the market for many many

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years not just for a couple of years or

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or for half a year or if there's one

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study that supports it okay you know is

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it really safe and is it effective and

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that's I think something that we all

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need to ask ourselves whether it's new

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tech or whether it's just new um

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Cosmetics or or sunscreens for for that

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matter now the evidence is still

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emergent but the point is you want to be

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ingredient aware now in choosing a

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sunscreen you can be aware of the

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ingredient but that doesn't mean that

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you'll know exactly what its effect will

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be in 10 years on all the people who

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have been consuming it so just realize

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there's always going to be some unknowns

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especially with newer ingredients and

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newer types of product prodcts if you're

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swimming or you're playing sports and

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you're going to become sweaty or if

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you're in an ocean environment and you

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want to be Marine friendly choose the

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right one for the right application so

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what do we do in preparing for this

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video I decided not to recommend a

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specific sunscreen or even a group of

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sunscreens I thought we could work on

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this together because I was apprehensive

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that you recommend a given thing and

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then more evidence comes out and we

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change our opinion so this is really an

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ongoing evolving process I know that has

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been the case for me over the past few

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years we choose the sunscreen we learn

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more about ingred we change again it's a

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continued process of trying to get

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better at maximizing the benefit and

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minimizing the potential harm y that's a

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good way to put it absolutely I think

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Brian's doing the right thing and I

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think there's nothing wrong with

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recommending whatever he's using now but

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then realizing that that might change it

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might change a week from now a month

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from now 6 months from now you know

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we'll see but sometimes you need to make

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the change as new information comes out

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and also sometimes people develop an

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allergic reaction it may not be evident

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right away but as they keep using say

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it's a cosmetic product they might

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realize that after months or years of

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using it now they developed a

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sensitivity to some element within that

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cream or makeup or whatever it is and

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then they have to look for other options

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now if you don't like sunscreen and you

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think they're the worst thing ever I

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would encourage you to take measures to

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protect your skin from the damage that

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can happen during High UV times of the

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day now for the protips you can tint

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your windows but make sure you choose

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the right one it should block 99% of UVA

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and UVB you can also wear gloves when

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driving a lot of people don't remember

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their hands get a lot of sun exposure

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that's why when you measure arms there's

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significant aging damage more on the

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left arm which is outside the window in

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the Sun and less on the right yeah and

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that's what I was mentioning earlier

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about the left side of the face getting

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more sun exposure while you drive than

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the right side and so too what he's

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saying the left hand is getting exposed

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more to the Sun as well so that all

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makes sense unless you drive on the

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other side of the road and finally you

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can use a UV protectant umbrella just

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like this

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guy this guy made this into like a whole

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cinematic

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experience whose channel is this John

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Wayne too much and too little the sun is

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not good you want just the right amount

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like Goldilocks isn't that the case with

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everything in life you know it's um it's

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always about finding the right dose the

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right therapeutic window for whatever it

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is that you're doing whether it's

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exercise whether it's eating whether

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it's sleep you know that it's possible

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to potentially get too much of something

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and then of course it's possible to get

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too little of something so no matter if

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it's a medication um surgery plastic

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surgery um sun exposure you know all of

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these things you have to find the right

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amount and the right amount for one

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person might be different than another

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person so that's also something that

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people people sometimes need to titrate

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it to have it work with their own bodies

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that's also very important