Tips when you're outdoors

When we are outdoors, we all know that we must protect our skin from the sun’s harmful rays. Of course it is impossible to avoid the sun – who want him locked indoors all summer when it feels so great to get outdoors? Furthermore, not everything is bad with the sun: Sunlight helps our bodies make vitamin D.

So follow these tips when you’re outdoors to help manage sun exposure:

* Wear a sunscreen with a sun protection factor (SPF) of at least 15, even if it’s cloudy or you do not plan to spend much time outdoors. If you get wet, for example when you go swimming in the sea or an outdoor pool, repeat the application of sunscreen (even if it is resistant to water) every 2 or 3 hours.
* Choose a sunscreen that blocks both UVA and UVB. Look for the words “broad spectrum protection” or UVA protection in addition to a FPS or IP 15 or higher. Choose a sunscreen that is “not acnegenic” or “non comedogenic” to help maintain clean skin pores.
* The sun’s rays are strongest between 10 am and 4 pm, so that during those hours, repeat application of sunscreen frequently and, if possible, resguárdate the sun. If your shadow is longer than your height, will be safer in the sun (anyway, then you should also wear sunscreen).

* Use more sunscreen (with higher SPF) when you’re around reflective surfaces like water, snow or ice.
* We all know that the sun can cause skin lesions, but did you know that can also cause eye problems? Protect your face and eyes with a hat with a visor or hat and sunglasses that provide 100% UV protection.
* Some medicines, such as drugs that are prescribed for acne and ovulation (contraceptive pills) can increase sensitivity to the sun, or, if you’re medicating with any of these drugs, increase your sun protection.

If you like being tan, try faking it with self-tanning tanning or beauty treatments. Anyway, Avoid tanning sunbeds, because, although the manufacturers of devices that radiate project say they will not UVB, UVA rays are also harmful.