How To Choose The Right Sunscreen
How To Choose The Right Sunscreen
It is well known that exposing your skin to UVA and UVB radiations would finally damage your skin in different ways: erythema, pigmentation, premature aging, cancer,etc. It is also well known exposing our skin and body to the sun is essential in the bones structure and the synthesis of Vitamin D. Moreover, recently scientists discovered sun exposure is an anti-depressive factor. So what should we do? Probably best option is to lay down in the sun but very carefully, using sun screens as much as we can in order to keep our skin and body away from sun radiations.
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- Your skin type: Beside choosing the right SPF, you must look for Oil-Free label if you have acne-prone skin.
- UVA and UVB?
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- To choose the right SPF (sun protection factor) SPF measures the time a sunscreen protects against skin burning compared to the time the skin burns without protection. So, if your skin is burned without protection in about 15 minutes and you intend to stay in the sun for about 5 hours (300 minutes), you must choose a SPF=300/15=20. Nevertheless, it is reccommended that a sunscreen to have at least SPF 15.
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- Gel, cream or lotion? This is not important once you choose the right product, it is only a personal preference.
Anyway, keep in account that dermatologists advice to not expose to the sun between 11.00 and 16.00, when the sun radiations are more powerful and can seriously damage the skin and eyes.
The author M. Patroi writes articles on health, skin care and beauty tips. An important aspect in skin care is being aware of sun exposure and even more important of possible sun damages.
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