How to Protect Your Skin Against UVA | Lab Muffin Beauty Science

UVA is the new UVB! What's the difference, what does it do to your skin (hint: hyperpigmentation, wrinkles and cancer) and how can you protect your skin from it?

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In this video:
* What are the different types of UV?
* What does UVA do to your skin?
* What do PPD, PA, broad spectrum mean on sunscreens?
* Which sunscreen filters protect best against UVA?
* How else can we protect ourselves from UVA?

ERRATUM: At 6:30, it should be 10% or more of the area under the curve needs to lie ABOVE 370 nm for the critical wavelength criteria.

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