Summer sun protection common sense

March 7, 2023
In the hot summer, heat waves, for people who like to travel and outdoor activities, if not do a good job of sun protection measures. It is easy to be ultraviolet sunburn, tanning, and even cause serious solar skin disease, so how to do sun protection measures to prevent summer solar skin disease is increasingly concerned.

Sunscreen application techniques

First of all, before using sunscreen, it is important to clarify what you are actually going to do today? Go to work, go on a picnic, get close to the sea, or go for sports. This is important because it determines what type of sunscreen you use today and how high the SPF is. For people with normal skin types, SPF 8-12 is appropriate; for people who are sensitive to light, SPF 12-20 is appropriate; for office workers who are only exposed to the sun on their way to and from work, SPF 15 or less is sufficient, and for field trips and beach swimming, SPF 30 or more for sunscreens. If you want to go swimming, it is best to use waterproof sunscreen skin care products. In addition, fair-skinned people are better off using sunscreen with an SPF of more than 30 to prevent spots from arising.

After Sun Repair

What if you don't happen to be in the sun all day? Don't be afraid to do a good job of after-sun repair so you don't get a tan. I mainly introduce you to a few more common and convenient after-sun repair methods. The method of showering: as long as you have engaged in outdoor activities, regardless of the degree of sun exposure, after returning home, first wet the whole body with water, and to apply a calming, cooling shower gel, and then rinse the foam with warm water, and then rinse with cold water. Once the shower is complete then you can slather on some body skincare products. Or wrap ice cubes in a towel and chill them on your hot skin to relieve the uncomfortable feeling of heat.

Avoid sun-sensitive foods

Another tip for summer tanning is to rely on food supplements. There is a light-sensitive food, such as cilantro, leeks, soy sauce, white radish, etc., eat more by ultraviolet radiation easy to produce spots, aggravating the damage of ultraviolet light on the summer skin. And shark fin, eel, plaice, melon, cauliflower, strawberries and tendons are excellent sunscreen food, all contain "sunscreen nutrients", eat these foods can be taken from the moisturizing sunscreen ingredients.

Wear colorful T-shirts to protect yourself from the sun

The sun protection ability of clothes depends firstly on the material of clothes, followed by color, for example, cotton clothes SPF value is about 15-40; polyester light-colored clothes SPF value is about 7-10; knitted light-colored clothes SPF value is about 4-9. A colored cotton T-shirt, it has a better filtering effect on UV rays than white ones.

You can't wash your face with hot water after sunbathing

If you wash your face with hot water after being out in the sun all day, it is like being burned by hot water. Only cool water can make the pores contract, so that the skin cools down, to achieve the effect of eliminating heat and reducing redness. The use of hot water will make the capillaries dilate, congested, appear flushed and even grow sun spots.
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