Could Incandescent Lamps Cause Skin Aging Through Infrared?

[Gadsie]

“Thus, IRA irradiation most likely promotes premature skin aging”

Infrared radiation-induced matrix metalloproteinase in human skin: implications for protection. - PubMed - NCBI

 

[joshquintanilla]

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[RealNeat]

Its basically increasing metabolism in those tissues and causing an "oxidative stress response." I bet your Peat oriented person (avoiding PUFA etc etc) would be much more resilient to this because of CO2 production and endogenous antioxidants, like cholesterol. Ray talks about aged skin and the lack of cholesterol, using tallow or something of the sort to treat the skin after may be protective.