CHEST 1 x 50p

‘SUN damage really shows up in this area,’ says Dr Hextall, adding that this is because the upper chest and decolletage get a lot of year-round sun exposure, but people are less likely to use suncream here.

‘You see a lot of women who have obviously protected their face from the sun, but not their neck and chest,’ she says.

‘As well as dark sun spots and paler patches that have lost their pigmentation, you also get thread veins and texture changes, with skin on the chest often becoming crepey and quite rough to touch.

‘This is because, as well as sunlight damaging blood vessels and the cells that control the release of pigment in our skin, it also triggers enzymes to break down collagen — which is the skin’s scaffolding that makes it firm and elastic.’

Protect your chest by using at least a 50p-sized amount of suncream.