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Daily exposure to the sun can lead to long-term damaging effects on our skin, increasing our apparent age. In fact, over 80% of the visual signs of premature aging are due to skin damage by UV rays found in sunlight.

There are two types of UV rays: UVA and UVB. The effects of UVA rays cannot be seen or felt straight away, but UVA penetrates deep into our skin, damaging collagen and elastin fibers. UVB rays are the most intensive UV rays in sunlight, causing more easily noticed immediate surface damage, such as burning. However, UVB rays also contribute to longer-term serious problems like skin cancer.

The cumulative effect of these UVA and UVB rays over time causes changes in our skin, which results in lines and wrinkles, uneven pigmentation and a loss of firmness and skin elasticity. Protecting our skin from UV rays has an important role for all skin types. The ability of a sun protection product to filter out UV rays is measured by its sun protection factor (SPF). SPF focuses most on UVB rays, so it's important to look for so-called "broad spectrum" products that also add additional sunscreens to help filter out most of the UVA rays.

Olay Complete moisturizers with UV filters offer broad-spectrum UVA/UVB protection with at least SPF-15, the level recommended by experts. These moisturizers screen over 90% of the most damaging UV rays present in ordinary daylight, helping to protect our skin from premature aging.