Before you gear up for beach vacations and boat rides, ensure to get sunblock to enjoy summer safely! Even on cloudy or cool days, the UV rays damage is irrevocable just like in summer. It alters your skin to cause early aging signs, dark spots, pigmentation, and eventual thinning.
Reasons sunscreen is important for your skin
The Ozone layer is fading
The ozone layer effectively shields the surface of the earth from the sun’s rays by absorbing the hurtful UVB rays. Nevertheless, this layer is depleting, which means UVB exposure is intensifying. This increases the risk of skin cancer by day and hours incrementally spent in the sun. Thus, it is important to wear a good brand of SPF sunscreen to shield your skin without causing any harm.
Protects against UVA & UVB
A broad-spectrum sunscreen helps to avert damage from UVA and UVB rays. The former are lengthy wavelength rays with low energy, while the latter is short wavelength radiation with high energy. Both originate from the sun and penetrate the ozone layer and reach the earth.
UVA rays have lengthy wavelengths so can penetrate deeply into the skin. It is responsible for tanning, and wrinkles as well as damaging collagen bundles and elastic fibers that maintain skin elasticity. UVB rays damage skin cells on the surface. It causes sunburn and is associated with skin cancer development down the road as it damages cells’ DNA. Therefore, use broad-spectrum Lukewarm® Sunscreen SPF 50+ PA++++ to protect from DNA damage and photo-aging.
Averts premature aging
Everyone desires healthy, glowing, and youthful skin. While the skin loses its elasticity as we age, sunscreen plays a vital role and shields the skin from premature aging and development like pigmentation, sunspots, fine lines, wrinkles, dry skin, and photodamage.
Prevents face texture & appearance issues
Sunscreen applied on the face prevents the onset of acne, irritating blotchiness, and red vein flare-ups. If you already have acne, the condition can get aggravated due to sun exposure.
Protect all skin types and tones
Some people believe that darker skin tones don’t need sunscreen as their skin doesn’t go red or flare up in sun. That, my friend, is a myth! You might not get sunburns, but your skin can get equally damaged in the blazing sun. Even though it is quite common among those people who have fair or light skin, skin cancer could adversely affect any skin type.
How to use sunscreen?
- Consider choosing a sunscreen including titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, and Octyl Methoxycinnamate.
- Choose a broad spectrum with a minimum SPF rating of more than 30. Lukewarm® Sunscreen SPF 50+ PA++++, enriched with Tinosorb® M Technology is highly recommended to protect from UVA & UVB.
- Apply sunscreen 30 minutes before you go outdoors in the sun.
- Remember, UV damage could happen in less than fifteen minutes of sun exposure. Thus, you need to make sure that you include applying sunscreen in your morning routine
- Your skin will soak the sunscreen as time passes, so consider reapplying at lunch.
- If you are going to be outside or moving around in the sun and sweat a lot, you will need to reapply the sunscreen. If your skin gets wet, even then you’ll need to use sunscreen after drying yourself.
Pro-tip – Always, always apply your facial care products to a couple of areas that generally get ignored – the neck & the backside of your hands, the wrinkles start to show up in these spots first!