Choosing & Using Sunblock Based Activities

Ozone layer is thin, even hollow, and is unable to absorb or filter out the sun. As a result, direct sunlight stinging earth. Excessive sunlight that in turn cause a variety of damage or disease of the skin. One just went way is to use sunscreen. Type any sunscreen that fits we use?

Sunlight is the lifeblood of the world. The spectrum consists of ultraviolet rays are invisible rays that are in violet color spectrum. There are three types of UV rays are UV-A (at 7 am-10 am), UV-B (10 am-3 pm) and UV-C is blocked by the ozone so it does not penetrate into the earth.

Ultraviolet light is actually beneficial to the body, among others destroy the bad bacteria that can cause diseases such as fungi, to form vitamin D from provitamin D for bone is porous, forming a tyrosine into melanin so the skin color and provide heat for the body. However, if excessive, the skin will be damaged.

UVC ultraviolet light species can damage DNA and cause skin cancer. A type of UV light can also damage the skin if excessive, such as causing pigmentation disorders (stain white / black) and connective tissue damage that decreases skin elasticity. His reaction is erythema (redness) and percokelatan (direct tanning). But the damage was not as severe consequences caused by UV B rays that can make the skin burn (sunburn) and burns.

"People who have white skin, if exposed to UV-B rays, immediately flushed and burning,"

Another disadvantage is the thinning and mengerutnya skin and cause a variety of spots on the skin brown or black spots.

How to minimize the risks of the above? One of them is with sunscreen (suncreen). In the past, Indonesia has a product that is able to ward off UV rays made from natural materials, namely wedak cool or talc powder. This product is packaged in powder form round pill. To use it, the pill is crushed and mixed with a little water and applied evenly to the face. Although very effective to ward off UV rays, these traditional products less attractive women who live in big cities. Only women living in small towns and villages that are still using this product.

Form of sunscreen that is packed with more modern is the product of lotions, creams and sprays. Could be a sunscreen product is mixed with various ingredients which has its own function, it could be that sunscreens are also added to some products like moisturizers, makeup, lip balm, and other products.

Sunscreen has a number of content protection against UV rays of different or the so-called Sun Protecting Factor (SPF). How to choose a sunscreen that has SPF to suit our needs? How do I use?

There are a few tips from Dr. Hannah of them choose a sunscreen that can protect the skin from UV rays sting A, UV B, and daylight or indirect light reflections, either from sunlight or fluorescent light rays that we usually use everyday. Then, for you who do not have many outdoor activities, choose a sunscreen with an SPF content of 15 to 30. The content is able to protect the skin from UV rays reflected within 2 to 2.5 hours. Repeat every two hours of usage.

The next tips are for you who have a lot of outdoor activities, choose a sunscreen with an SPF content, the greater its ability to protect the skin from UV rays sting directly. Because it can dissolve in sweat, repeat use every two hours. For oily skin, choose products that shaped lotionau gel. While dry skin, choose a sunscreen in the form of cream.

Use sunscreen at least 30 minutes before the move for the content contained in it can be absorbed and bound with skin tissue, so that the protection function is not easily lost by sweat or water.