Follow this tips to protect your skin from the damaging effects of sun exposure and reduce your risk of skin cancer.
- Apply sunscreen when you are going to be outside, even on cloudy day, apply sunscreen to all skin that will not be covered by clothing, reapply approximately every 2 hours after swimming or sweating .use a broad spectrum water resistant sunscreen that protects the skin against both UVA and UVB ray and that has an SPF at least 30 .use these tips when selecting a sunscreen .
- Use one ounce of sunscreen –an amount equal to size of your palm. Thoroughly rub the product into the skin .Don’t forget the top of your feet, your neck, ears and the top of your head.
- Seek shad: remember the sun rays are straight between 10-12pm .If your shadow is shorter than you, seek shad.
- Protect your skin with clothing when going outside wear a long sleeved shirt, pants, a wide brimmed hat and sunglass.
- Use extra caution near water, sand as they reflect and intensify the damaging rays of sun, which can increase your chances of sunburn.
- Get vitD safely: eat healthy diet that incudes food naturally rich in vitamin-D or take supplements .
- DO not seek the sun.
- If you want to look tan, consider using a self-tanning product, but continue to use sunscreen with it .don’t use tanning beds. Just like the sun, UV light from tanning beds can cause wrinkle and age spots and can lead to skin cancer.
- If you spot anything changing, growing or bleeding see your dermatologist.