This man has the left side of his face damaged by the sun
Channel: TellTheTruthOnline
Date: 2012-06-17

A 69-year-old man, who worked as a truck driver for nearly 28 years, has now developed a gradual thickening of the skin on the left side of the face that occurs from Ultraviolet rays that penetrates through glass windows.

When the sun went through the glass, it struck the man's skin and hit the epidermis and upper dermis layers. With chronic exposure to UVA, the skin begins to harden and elastic fibers begin break down.

According to the New England Medical Journal, the findings for the man are consistent with a photodamaged skin condition called dermatoheliosis. UVA exposure is also related to mutations and toxicity, which can cause skin cancer. Doctors recommended that protection from the sun such as frequent monitoring of skin cancer and topical treatments should be used.

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