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How toapply

Therearesomanysunscreensavailable,

fromwatersandmoussestospraysand

gels,it’strickytosayhowmuchexactly

youshouldapply.Butasa ruleof

thumb,a golfball-sizedblob,appliedin

anevenlayer,is abouttherightamount

foryourwholebodyanda teaspoonif

you’rejustapplyingtoyourfaceand

neck.alwaysapplytoclean,dryskinin

theshadeorideallyindoors 30 minutes

beforeyougointothesun.“ifapplied

indirectsunlight,it canevaporatefrom

yourskin’ssurfacebeforeit hasa chance

tobondandbecomeslesseffective,”

says abi Cleeve, Md of ultrasun uk. >>

Butwetendnottothinkaboutthe

uglystuffwhenthewarmsunfeelsso

wonderfulonourskin.it liftsyourmood

andtransformspale,sadlimbsinto

somethingthatlooka darnsightbetter.

andthenthere’sthepalpable

healthadvantageofsunlight

promptingourbodiesto

createcrucialvitamind.

Sohowdowereconcile

ourloveofthesunwith

sustaininghealthyskin?

nooneis sayinglive

ina cave!indeedsome

sunshine,belowsunburn

level,canbegoodforus,

agreesTheBritishassociation

ofdermatologists(Bad). Butif youdo

burn,it’snojoke.goingredis harmful,

ageingandwon’tlast. Butwhydowe

burn?“Becauseuvraysareradiation

anddamagetheskin,causinga

burningreaction,”saysBootsSoltan

SuncareexpertClareO’Connor.“Ourskin

canonlytakea certainamountofuv

radiationbeforethednain skincellsis

damagedandaninflammatoryresponseis

triggered,causingsunburn.”Thisis why

understandingwhichprotectionis right

for us, our face and our health is crucial.

Decoding thelabel

TheSpfis a measureofhowlongthe

sunscreenprotectsagainstuvBrays

fromthesun.“ifyourskinnormally

goesredwithin 10 or 20 minutesof

exposingit tothesunwithout

protection,applyingSpf 50

meansthatit wouldtake

upto 50 timesaslong

forthesametohappen,”

saysdermatologistdr

Justinekluk.Spf 15

givesabout93%

protectioncompared

with97%forSpf 30 and

98%forSpf50.Theuva

starrating,rangingfrom0 to 5,

indicatesthepercentageofuva

radiationabsorbedbythesunscreenin

comparisonwithuvB,in otherwords,

theratiobetweenthelevelofprotection

offeredbytheuvaprotectionandthe

uvB protection. a good sunscreen is

called“broadspectrum”andprotects

againstbothtypes.Water-resistant

productsretainsunprotectionafteryou

gofora dip.Butbecarefulwhendrying

offasupto85%canberemoved– so

reapply after swimming or sweating.

What exactly

is UVAand UVB?

Thinkuv“a”forageing. itaffects

theelastinin ourskinandcancreate

thatcraggy-likecomplexion.a uva

protectionin a sunscreenwillhelp

defendyourskinagainstthisphoto-

ageingand,potentially,skincancer.

Thinkuv“B”forburning.Thiscan

leadtomalignantmelanomaandbasal

cellcarcinoma(typesofskincancer).

usinga sunscreenwitha highSpf

(sunprotectionfactor)willhelpblock

uvBrays,preventrednessandskin

damage that can cause skin cancer.

Accordingto theWorld Health

Organisation,up to 90%of the visible

changes commonlyattributedto ageing

may be caused by sun exposure

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