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LifeGuard Sunscreen
Why Use Sunscreen
- Using sunscreen every day can help reduce your chances of developing
skin cancers, including Melanoma. By reducing the amount of harmful
radiation from the sun that your skin absorbs, your chances of developing
potentially disfiguring skin cancers is greatly reduced. According to
Pharmacy Times Magazine (April 1987) Using a sunscreen daily will reduce a
persons chances of skin cancer by 78%! And the earlier you start using it
the better. The solar radiation that you absorb is cumulative throughout
your entire life! That means that the radiation that you absorbed in
childhood is still affecting you in adulthood. Most of the radiation that
you
will absorb from the sun during your life will not come from long days at
the beach. Instead the biggest part of this radiation (up to 75%) comes from
or incidental exposure. This type of exposure happens when you are walking
from the store to your car or just stepping outside to get
the mail. Most people do not realize this and thus take no measures to
protect themselves and their families from the sun on a day-to-day basis.
Those in higher altitudes should be especially concerned as the intensity of
UV radiation doubles every 5,000 feet of altitude.
- By using sunscreen every day you can greatly reduce the amount of solar
radiation that your skin absorbs, both from incidental exposure
and from longer exposures, such as when you go outside to enjoy activities
in the sunshine. Since the effects of the suns radiation are cumulative
throughout a persons life, parents should be especially concerned about
their childrens outdoor activities and ensuring that they are protected from
the sun every day. By reducing theamount of absorbed radiation now you
reduce the risk of developing skin cancer later, or the risk of reoccurrence
if you already had a skin cancer.
- By reducing the amount of solar radiation that you absorb you can also
reduce many of the visible signs of aging. Contrary to
popular belief skin wrinkling and brown age spots or liver spots are not the
result of age alone. Both of these highly visible signs of aging can be
largely attributed to the effects of the suns radiation that a person has
absorbed throughout their life. These are both long-term effects and are not
as quickly noticeable as a sunburn, but their causes are the same. An older
person will have more wrinkles than a younger person largely due to the fact
that they have had more time to absorb so much more radiation. It is not
just coincidence that the majority of wrinkles and age spots appear on the
face and hands. After all, these are the areas of the body that are exposed
to the suns radiation nearly every day of your life. Using sunscreen every
day will not only help to prevent any further visible signs of aging, but it
may also help to reduce the amount and severity of the wrinkles and age
spots or freckles that you already have.
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