Use Sun Protective Clothing and Sunglasses
Use Sun Protective Clothing and Sunglasses
The American Academy of Dermatology offers tips for being smart in the sun.
Enjoy the outdoors, but don’t seek the sun.
Use sun protection and have a good time, while preventing your skin from prematurely aging and decreasing your risk of skin cancer. The American Academy of Dermatology recommends that everyone Be Sun Smart TM
and follow these skin care tips:
1. Generously apply sunscreen with a Sun Protection Factor of at least 15, that provides both UVA and UVB protection.
Reapply every two hours, even on cloudy days, and after swimming or sweating.
Look for the AAD Seal of Recognition TM on products that meet this criteria.
2. Wear protective clothing such as long-sleeved shirt, pants, a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses where possible.
3. Seek shade when appropriate, remembering that the sun’s rays are strongest between 10 am and 4 pm.
4. Use extra caution near water, snow and sand as they reflect the damaging rays of the sun which can increase you chance of sunburn.
5. Protect children from sun exposure by applying sunscreen.
6. Get vitamin D safely through a healthy diet that includes vitamin supplements.
Don’t seek the sun.
7. Avoid tanning beds.
Ultraviolet light from the sun and tanning beds causes skin cancer and wrinkling.
If you want to look like you’ve been in the sun, consider using a sunless self-tanning product, but continue to use sunscreen with it.
8. Check your birthday suit on your birthday!
If you notice anything changing, growing or bleeding on your skin, see your dermatologist.
Skin cancer is treatable when caught early.
From the American Academy of Dermatology.
Reapply every two hours, even on cloudy days, and after swimming or sweating.
Look for the AAD Seal of Recognition TM on products that meet this criteria.
2. Wear protective clothing such as long-sleeved shirt, pants, a wide-brimmed hat and sunglasses where possible.
3. Seek shade when appropriate, remembering that the sun’s rays are strongest between 10 am and 4 pm.
4. Use extra caution near water, snow and sand as they reflect the damaging rays of the sun which can increase you chance of sunburn.
5. Protect children from sun exposure by applying sunscreen.
6. Get vitamin D safely through a healthy diet that includes vitamin supplements.
Don’t seek the sun.
7. Avoid tanning beds.
Ultraviolet light from the sun and tanning beds causes skin cancer and wrinkling.
If you want to look like you’ve been in the sun, consider using a sunless self-tanning product, but continue to use sunscreen with it.
8. Check your birthday suit on your birthday!
If you notice anything changing, growing or bleeding on your skin, see your dermatologist.
Skin cancer is treatable when caught early.