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Want to know how antioxidants prevent skin damage? Get ready for some science. From free-radicals to oxidation, Dr. Schultz explains antioxidants.
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Dr. Neal Schultz: Hello, I'm Dr. Neal Schultz and welcome to DermTV. All cells in your body are subject to oxidative stress that is one very fancy term for the fact that all these cells have these very high energy particles in them and may have a special name called Free Radicals. These high energy particles unpredictably discharge all of their energy and throw it at the cells DNA, at the elastic tissue at the collagen and cause damage. The purpose and role of antioxidants and especially topical antioxidants is to absorb that bad energy, before it can hit the DNA and the collage and so on. Absorb and protect those important parts of your skin and your body. All cells in the body get different sources of these high energy free radicals, but the skin gets more then any other because the skin gets ultraviolet light, which no other organ in the body gets. Even if you use your sunscreen, the way I told you and even if you choose the sunscreen that I told you, somehow sunscreens are not 100% effective, so some of these damaging ultraviolet light gets through, gets around the sunscreen and forms more of these high energy dangerous free radicals in the skin. So, the real value of topical antioxidants is to help protect the skin, to help protect your DNA, so you don't get cancer, to help protect the collagen and the elastic tissues, you don't get and sagging skin. From these high energy dangerous free radical particulars and selflessly absorb that energy get destroyed and protect your skin, that's why I tell you use your topical antioxidant every night. Please join me again at dermtv.com. If you have a question please send me by visiting dermtv.com/question. I'm Dr. Neal Schultz and thank you for watching today.
