Most skin blemishes can be avoided with proper use of sunblock that lessens the effects of the sun’s UV rays on the skin. True to this, most people forget their skin needs such protective products even without whitening as primary aim for the sun can exaggerate skin conditions such as age spots and freckles that are the result of sun damaged skin cells releasing melanin to protect itself. More than the skin can handle, too much exposure to the sun is known to cause mutations on the cell’s DNA resulting in skin cancer that is blamed for many deaths each and every year.