I've used that on my face before. Increases the chances of sunburn by 50%
The amount of English people I see sitting out in the sun going red raw is worrying
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I've used that on my face before. Increases the chances of sunburn by 50%
The amount of English people I see sitting out in the sun going red raw is worrying
It's not cool guys.
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Exactly, never gets bad enough that I need any, if I'm planning on staying out in the sun for hours on end and there isn't a cloud in the sky, I might think about sticking a little bit on. I don't burn easy or get much of a tan at all so don't have much need for it.
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So do a lot of things. If I worried about every little thing that could do me harm I'd be in a solitary bubble right now.
Opaque, to block out the sun, of course.
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The government said there has been a sharp rise in skin cancer patients in the past few years, maybe without knowing it, and thinking your a big man for taking a bit of a burn is responsible for that. Or possibly the use of UVA tanning bothes which is literally a cancer box. Who knows.
I don't burn easily, but i still put on 15-20 because i stay out in it all day, i think a lot of the comments on here are bragging.
On a similar note, the sun produces 3 types of UV rays a,b,c. C is blocked almost entirely, whilst B is a little, and A has the highest strength. Sun tan lotion SPF is a rating of protection against B only, so 15-20 is only telling you your resistance against B, so the protection its provides against A is minimal. I can't remember the name, but there is a specific chemical that is best for protection against A.
A is what tanning salons produce and is highly dangerous, and penetrates below the first few layers of skin, into the very sensitive lower areas.
I don't burn easily, but i still put on 15-20 because i stay out in it all day, i think a lot of the comments on here are bragging.
On a similar note, the sun produces 3 types of UV rays a,b,c. C is blocked almost entirely, whilst B is a little, and A has the highest strength. Sun tan lotion SPF is a rating of protection against B only, so 15-20 is only telling you your resistance against B, so the protection its provides against A is minimal. I can't remember the name, but there is a specific chemical that is best for protection against A.
A is what tanning salons produce and is highly dangerous, and penetrates below the first few layers of skin, into the very sensitive lower areas.
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Yea,sorry, it was a bit obvious, but it's late. Time for bed.
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just read the back of a nivea bottle of the stuff I have here, and it says UVA/UVB protection.
It also gives some advice that really scaremongers:
I just find that penultimate point funny, it makes the sun sound so dangerous!! Can just imagine the director for Nivea's sun department on a beach with a megaphone, as the sun comes out from behind a cloud, an air raid siren goes off, whistles blowing, troopers with dogs "INCOMING!!" lol, think I just thought up a good suncream ad!
It also gives some advice that really scaremongers:
I just find that penultimate point funny, it makes the sun sound so dangerous!! Can just imagine the director for Nivea's sun department on a beach with a megaphone, as the sun comes out from behind a cloud, an air raid siren goes off, whistles blowing, troopers with dogs "INCOMING!!" lol, think I just thought up a good suncream ad!
It's the other way around, UVA is the longest wavelength/lowest photon energy, while C has the shorter wavelength and the most energy. The shorter the wavelength the more powerfull.
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I've used that on my face before. Increases the chances of sunburn by 50%
The amount of English people I see sitting out in the sun going red raw is worrying
If you burn easily then obviously put some on, but I go nicely golden brown so I don't feel the need to unless on holiday where IMO the sun feels very different to England.
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Here's another thing... what is the Sun's role in freckles?
My face is virtual freckle free in the Winter and yet I have a Zorro's mask of freckles in the summer.
My face is virtual freckle free in the Winter and yet I have a Zorro's mask of freckles in the summer.
The sun is often surprisingly strong here, it tricks me as the air is still cool and maybe breezy so removes my attention from getting burned.
I do burn pretty easily, so I do wear it. Circa factor 20.
However I'm not putting any on before commuting to work, and finding I'm very quickly building up a cyclist's suntan, a dead straight line just above the knees where the shorts begin!
I do burn pretty easily, so I do wear it. Circa factor 20.
However I'm not putting any on before commuting to work, and finding I'm very quickly building up a cyclist's suntan, a dead straight line just above the knees where the shorts begin!
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