Use sunscreen also in the cold

• April 28, 2024

The Sun is essential for human life, but an excess of Sun rays Without protection, it can be harmful to health.

Therefore, it is very important to take care of skin of the action of ultraviolet rays with products that have an adequate factor of Solar protection .

According to the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), more than 2 million cases of skin cancer , other than melanoma and 200 thousand malignant melanomas .

The index UV Solar World represents an estimate of the average of the ultraviolet radiation maximum solar on the surface of the planet.

Although the intensity of the UV radiation that reaches ground level varies throughout the day, has the highest value at noon and in the absence of clouds.

In many countries near the equator, the UV index can reach the value 20 during the summer; while in Europe, the index does not usually exceed 8, although on beaches it may be higher.

What is the FPS?

According to College of Pharmacists of Barcelona, ​​the Sun Protection Factor (FPS) is an element that is inevitably associated with the products of solar cosmetics and that often is not interpreted correctly.

Physically the FPS it is a number that indicates the multiple of time to which the protected skin can be exposed to achieve the same effect that would be obtained if no protection had been applied.

In this way the erythema waves Red spots produced by the sun, with respect to the same exposure time, but without the protection of the solar filter .

For example, if a person can be exposed to the sun on the first day 10 minutes without having redness or burns, a SPF 15 properly used it will protect it from the sun for 150 minutes (10x15), although it is not so correlated.

Also in the shade

The FPS It is an index that tells us how long we can expose ourselves to the sun without risk of burns. The higher the FPS , the higher the protection from the sun's rays.

If a person is able to be exposed to the sun for 20 minutes without being burned, the choice of a photo-protector 8 will provide 8 times more protection.

However, dermatologists recommend that sunscreen be applied every day, even when it is cloudy, since UV rays they come into direct contact with the dermis .

The method of application is the same. Use on clean skin and reapply every four hours. You can stop using after 18:00 hours when the intensity of the Sun rays they diminish.

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2. Answer two questions you will find in this note:

a) Mention what is the FPS?

b) Mention why is it important to take care of our skin on cloudy days?

3. Send this Tuesday, January 15, your answers at 1:00 pm to the email: contact @ GetQoralHealth and the first three to answer correctly, win!

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