Known fact - Ultraviolet rays cause sunburn and can trigger the development of melanoma. Therefore it is necessary to best protect yourself from their harmful effects. Select an appropriate sunscreen
Learn to start your skin type. For each of them there is a certain time that you can spend in the sun without fear of burns.
How do you know your skin type
1. Celtic. Light skin, pinkish. often covered freckles. It burns easily in the sun. Eyes - light (light gray, blue, green). Hair - blond or red.
2. Nordic. Light skin, freckles on her less than that of a Celtic type, but tanning too bad falls. Eyes - gray, blue, green. Hair - light brown.
3. Dark-European. Somewhat dark skin without freckles, tans well in the sun. Eyes - gray or brown. Hair - dark.
4. Mediterranean. Dark skin, at her flat to go to tan. She almost did not get any burns. Eyes - dark. Hair - dark.
For the first type of skin safe for the first time tanning in the sun - about 10-15 minutes. For the second - 15-30 minutes, the third - 40-45 minutes. For the fourth - 1-1, 5:00.
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sunscreens
For the first and the second type of skin protection should be maximal. Select means with SPF factor of 40 or 50. Third and fourth type of skin protection may be reduced to SPF 25-15, but in any case do not exclude at all.
Time Sun
The most dangerous rays of the sun - in the afternoon, so do not go out in the sun during the period from 12 to 15-00. After 16-00 Activity sunlight significantly decreases.
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Do not get carried away with a tan!
How much time you can stay in the sun, if you already have caused a means to protect? You can use the formula: the time that is allowed to carry out in the sun for your skin type, you need to multiply by the SPF-index funds. But it is better to sunbathe less than more.
