By Aimee Schmitt.
Every time you get in the pool, you think about the gear you put on your body– goggles, swimsuit, cap, etc.  But, do you think about your skin—the miraculous natural barrier that protects you from the outside environment; the living organ that allows you to feel the water as protects you from it? How well do you know your skin and the gear you need to take care of it?
Skin is the human body’s largest organ. As such, it performs a range of different functions which include physically protecting your bones, muscles and internal organs, protecting your body from outside diseases, allowing you to feel and react to heat and cold as well as using blood to regulate your body temperature.  Your skin works hard for you and often the environment you expose it to makes it work overtime–especially swimmer environments. Three of the biggest environmental factors swimmers deal with that affects the skin’s health are:
Your Skin and Sun— Over time, the sun’s ultraviolet (UV) light damages the fibers in the skin. This damage is also referred to as “free radical” damage caused by oxidation. Sunburn is a typical example of free radical damage as overexposure to sun causes free radicals . What are free radicals? Put simply, they are highly reactive molecules that react with (and damage) your healthy molecules. When this happens,  free radicals create an endless cycle of more dysfunctional molecules that battle to rob your healthy ones, and so on–the downward spiral of oxidation…this is what leads skin to start appearing old.
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