The sun, the beach, the pool and… the sunburn! If your vacation usually looks like this, Dr. Jimmy Mohamed, doctor and columnist in the health program of Europe 1, Without appointment, from Monday to Friday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Europe 1, gives you some simple tips to take care of your skin and not look like a crayfish after 3 days.
No need to UV to “prepare” your skin
UV cabs do not prepare the skin for exposure to the sun. “It’s like you want to prepare your lungs by smoking a cigarette. It makes no sense!” Says Dr. Jimmy Mohamed. These cabins absolutely do not protect your skin but above all they put you at an increased risk of skin cancer.
How to choose the right sunscreen?
The effect of sunscreen is to delay the onset of sunburn. So, if, without protection, you get a sunburn in 1 minute, the sunburn will happen in 30 minutes if you apply a cream of index 30 and in 50 minutes with sun protection of index 50.
It is therefore preferable to buy the highest sun protection index.
We need a special sunscreen for children
Sun protection for children is not just about marketing. They contain a sunscreen different from that of creams for adults. Thus, sunscreen for children is effective immediately. As soon as you have applied it to your child’s skin, the child is protected.
Conversely, sunscreen for adults is only effective after 15 to 20 minutes. It is therefore imperative to apply it before exposure. If you only put the cream once in the sun, you risk getting sunburned in the meantime.
After a sunburn, the tan is over
If you have had a sunburn, you must stop all exposure. It should not be forgotten that tanning is a form of protection of the skin against the aggression of the sun. But after a sunburn, your skin is damaged. You may even have blisters.
This means that your skin is no longer able to protect itself. If you continue to put yourself in the sun, you may further aggravate the burn. And you put yourself at an increased risk of skin cancer.
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