Tips and Basic Truth About Sun Protection

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Here are a few tips: The FDA is working on banning Sun Protection numbering from products. The reason is that the number is misleading. A sun-block rating of 75 can provide you with a false security. Actually, if you use the right products and are more concerned with the ingredients, you only need a sun-block of 30. This gives you a blockage of 97-98% ; so why spend the extra money. There is also a lot of concern over the chemical sunscreens as it still is not sure about the absorption safety going into the skin....the toxicity factor.

Next, you should be more concerned with the ingredients. Physical ingredients...the % of Titanium Dioxide and Zinc Oxide which are minerals naturally occurring in the earth is a better indicator of sun protection. You need a 6% concentration of one of these to have full spectrum protection...UVA and UVB.

You can use a Sunblock and use it enough to not burn, but still get interior damage which will later show up as pigmented areas or pre-cancerous growths. Using Anti-oxidant serums (which we have in several concentrations and combinations) along with eating foods high in Vitamin C, and wearing thick-weave dark clothing and hats offer added protection. Vitamin C in our Skinceuticals brand travels down to the lower skin levels helping to prevent premature aging. The serums should be used in addition and previous to adding sun protection.

Add to your vitamin D (as sunblock breaks down D) and use adequate amounts of sun protection (a shot glass full) of sunblock to each arm and each leg, one for the front of the upper body, one for the back, almost one for the face and chest. Remember to reapply every two to three hours or more if you are in the water; and if you are toweling off. Our Serum 20 with 20% Vitamin C (AOX) has the most protection as once it is absorbed it stays in the skin; cannot be rubbed off or washed off. It has a half-life of four days which means that you have less protection the next day and after four days no interior protection. For best results use daily (use as directed).

Obviously, we can't avoid the sun, but we should limit our exposure to less heated times of the day, (before 10 and after 4 in the afternoon).

All sunscreens protect more against burning (UVB) rather than (UVA) so the best thing is to use education to protect your skin and stave off both premature aging, dehydration and cancerous growths. Many women tend to be very religious about sun protection on their faces, but neglect the rest of their body. This leaves an area for cancerous lesions to develop.

Don't forget that glass does not protect from UVA damage so a UVA protector is vital to prevent those wrinkles and heavier parentheses. You can cut down on some of that damage with a physical sunscreen and adding some of those screens that are sold to put on the window.

Last year I wore a lot of white hats and cover-ups on the boat...this year I will be switching to dark, heavy weave or a couple outfits from Solumbra.com which offer some light khaki colored clothing with a SPF rating of 30.

When my son and daughter in law come to enjoy the lake, sun and boat, I will be spending more time (safety-wise and enjoyment-wise) with the grandchildren indoors. Enjoy the sun safely...Joy (a former sun-worshipper)