Maintaining healthy skin is important. The simplest thing you can do to protect your skin is to use a care cream such as Sun Protecting Factor (SPF) lotion. SPF lotion or commonly known as sunscreen or sunscreen, is a must for mothers who live in tropical areas, like Indonesia.
The importance of SPF lotion to protect the skin from exposure to UV rays (ultraviolet) which can cause sunburn and the threat of skin cancer. UV exposure is not continuous all the time. In Indonesia, sun exposure that contains UV starts around 09.00 and ends at sunset around 18.00.
So, but what about UV rays during the rainy season? In fact, exposure to UV rays is not affected by the weather, UV rays can still harm the skin even during the rainy season.
The importance of using sunscreen during the rainy season is because there is still a lot of radiation from the sun on a cloudy or rainy season. There are several other things you need to know about the importance of using sunscreen during the rainy season.
Following Popmama.com will summarize some facts that you need to know about the importance of keeping using sunscreen during the rainy season, Ma!
1. The skin is never exposed to UV rays
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To protect your skin well even during the rainy season, you need a sunscreen that contains at least SPF 15, which you can use before you go outside.
Even during the rainy season, just like when the weather is sunny, you need to use sunscreen regularly throughout the day. This is important so that your skin is protected during your activities. Especially when Mama will be spending a lot of time outdoors.
Using sunscreen regularly during the rainy season not only helps your skin stay healthy, but is also an effort to prevent and reduce the potential for cancer on your skin, you know!
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2. The shape of UV rays is not light, but radiation
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Now, most people often associate UV rays with sunburned skin, scorching sun, and hot weather. In fact, UV rays are something that is invisible to the eye, you know!
The shape cannot be seen or felt. However, the important thing to remember is that when the sun is shining, UV rays are always present.
Even when the weather is cloudy or rainy, UV rays can penetrate clouds as well as glass windows. Because technically, the form of UV light is not light, but radiation.
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3. The importance of sunscreen
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UV rays, besides being able to penetrate clouds, are also able to penetrate glass, you know. Therefore, even when you do activities in a room that has a window, UV rays can also enter the room. That’s why it’s important to use sunscreen, Mama.
In addition, indoor lighting such as lamps also emit UV rays even in small amounts. But still, Ma, the UV rays on the lights will have an impact on the health of your skin, you know!
The type of sunscreen and the SPF level can be adjusted according to your needs and comfort. If you have applied a thick-textured skin moisturizer, coat it with a light sunscreen.
Meanwhile, for the SPF level, for those of you who are often exposed to light and computer and cellphone screens, it is advisable to apply sunscreen with SPF 30 and above.
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4. Impact of UV rays
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Mama, don’t underestimate the impact of UV rays which can cause various skin health problems, you know! Starting from aging, sunburn, skin pigmentation problems such as spots, and triggering several skin diseases that are sensitive to UV light. As well as benign tumors and malignant tumors (cancer) of the skin ..
Other negative effects of UV rays include wrinkles, loss of skin elasticity, rough skin texture, and dilation of blood vessels (telangiectasia).
A study explained, the incidence of skin aging due to UVA rays has increased over the last few decades. For that, the importance of applying sunscreen which has a broad spectrum.
Apart from UVA, ultraviolet B (UVB) sunlight can also have a negative impact on skin that is exposed to too long. Unlike UVA, only five percent of UVB reaches the earth, but the effect is so dangerous that it can cause sunburn.
It turned out that the effect did not use sunscreen A lot, Ma!
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5. Choose a sunscreen according to activity
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Please choose sunscreen which has a high enough SPF and PA content. The SPF number represents the level of UVB protection, while PA represents the protection against UVA rays.
Don’t forget to re-apply sunscreen every three to four hours a day.
Selection of the amount of SPF (sun protection factor) also need to be adapted to one’s activities. The longer the activity with sun exposure, then choose a higher SPF.
From now on there is no reason not to use sunscreen yes, Ma even if it is raining or cloudy weather! Because it is very important to protect Mama’s skin from UV rays.
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