Sun Protection | 6 Steps for Healthy Skin

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Sun protection is the most important step you can take to promote and maintain healthy, young looking skin. Follow the simple guidelines below. You will save your skin, your vision and your immune system.

I live in a coastal community. It is easy to see a sun worshiper as he gets older. I spent a lot of youthful days baking on the beach myself... And it shows!

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Older-looking skin and wrinkles are the least worrying consequences of sunbathing. Invisible eye damage, immune system, and skin cancer threats are more serious.

An article on sun protection reported by Reuters Health is ominous

Sun Protection Guidelines



What to do?

In fact, it's easy to protect your skin. Practice 6 habits proposed by the US Environmental Protection Agency. Play it safe, play it smart 

  • Reduce sun exposure from 10 a.m to 4p.m. Rays are the strongest during this time. Remember, however, you can still burn at other times.
  • Find shade. Shade is a good source of protection, but remember that shade structures (e.g., trees, umbrellas, canopies) do not provide 100% sun protection.
  • Wear a hat. A cap with wide ends provides protection for your eyes, ears, face and the back of your neck. These spots are especially vulnerable to excessive exposure.
  • Cover up. Wearing tightly woven, loose, full length clothing is a good way to protect your skin from harmful rays.
  • Wear sunglasses that provide 99-100% UVA and UVB protection. This will greatly reduce exposure that can cause cataracts and other eye damage.
  • Use sunscreen. Choose a broad spectrum sunscreen (best sunscreen) with an SPF 15 or more. Apply generously to open skin. Reapply every 2 hours, and after working, after swimming, playing or exercising. Even waterproof sunscreen stops with toweldrying, sweating, and an extended period of fun in the water.
  • Avoid tanning parlours. The source of light from sunbeds and sunlamps damages both the skin and eyes.
The EPAs remind us that an estimated 80% of lifetime exposure to the sun occurs in the first 18 years. Children are more out of the adults. It is especially important for our children to consider the right sun protection (but we already knew it!).

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