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Recently I went to do my annual sunscreen purchase and was more confused than I usually am when buying sunscreen.\u00a0 Being \u00a0fair skin 25-year-old you would think I would know my ABC's of SPF by at this stage of the game.\u00a0 I typically would grab the highest SPF (I'm at the Casper level of paleness) that's on sale and be out. Alas, not this year since the recent news about\u00a0carcinogenic\u00a0ingredients in\u00a0sunscreen<\/a> and dad's second time around with skin cancer.\u00a0 Let's talk sunscreen so you don't have to buy 8 bottles to find the \"one\" \u00a0or end up in the emergency room this summer.<\/p>\n Sun protection is important at any age to prevent both long and short-term issues. \u00a0Short term effects that run the range from heat stroke to \u00a0unsightly\u00a0peeling. \u00a0Bad sunburns can pave the way to skin cancer greatly by causing DNA damage. \u00a0Long term effects can causing\u00a0freckling,\u00a0dilated\u00a0blood vessels, age spots, wrinkles, skin cancer and changes in your skins texture. \u00a0Aged leather is good for a purse but NOT for your skin.<\/p>\n The sun cause both\u00a0visible\u00a0and non\u00a0visible\u00a0rays. The invisible rays, known as ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB), are the one's causing damage.\u00a0UVB rays are the main ones that cause you to burn and increase your cancer risks.\u00a0\u00a0UVA rays cause the deeper damage such as wrinkling, aging and other effects from photoaging<\/a>.\u00a0Now repeat after me, there is no safe UV light that will give you a safe tan! \u00a0If you feel the need for a tan don't do it outside. There are\u00a0plenty\u00a0of self tanners on the market and many salons have services that'll make you look like a bronze\u00a0goddess. ULTA<\/a> is my favorite place to get self tanner since they have a great selection at different price points.<\/p>\n Sunscreens\u00a0vary\u00a0in their ability to protect our skin from these harmful rays. \u00a0The SPF, \u00a0sun protection factor, \u00a0is the measure the sunscreens ability to prevent UV damage. \u00a0The recommended SPF varies from source to source but it seems that a\u00a0minimum\u00a0of \u00a0SPF 15 for people with\u00a0minimal\u00a0sun exposure. \u00a0SPF 15 generally blocks 93% \u00a0of UV rays, SPF 30 generally blocks 97% of UV rays and SPF 50 can block 98% of rays. \u00a0 For those of us at the Casper pale level, on certain medications, \u00a0with a history of skin cancer or spend a lot of time outdoors \u00a0those percentages make a difference.<\/p>\n A half hour before sun exposure be sure to apply 1 oz (a shot glass full or two tablespoons) otherwise you won't be getting the\u00a0labeled\u00a0SPF amount. \u00a0When your outside for long periods of time be sure to reapply the same amount every two hours to ensure proper protection. \u00a0Make sure you remember\u00a0to reapply after swimming or sweating a lot.<\/p>\n Now comes the part were I and about 6 other people were confused at Target<\/a>. \u00a0How do you know what's the best product for your needs? \u00a0The Skin Cancer Foundation has a great guide to sunscreen<\/a> that can help you narrow down your search. \u00a0If the recent study about chemicals in your sunscreen makes you worry then check out this\u00a0sunscreen finder<\/a> put together by the\u00a0Environmental Working Group \u00a0which is the same\u00a0organization\u00a0that conducted the study. If you're waiting to hear more evidence regarding the cancer study, the Consumer Reports Magazine already put out their\u00a0sunscreen recommendations<\/a> for summer 2010.<\/p>\n Now that summers here\u00a0remember\u00a0to put on your sunscreen! You'll save yourself from smelling like aloe, risking skin cancer and being that person with dead skin flakes on their clothes. \u00a0What's your favorite sunscreen?<\/p>\n Recently I went to do my annual sunscreen purchase and was more confused than I usually am when buying sunscreen. Being pasty 25-year-old one would think I would know my ABC's of SPF by at this stage of the game. I typically would grab the highest SPF (I'm at the Casper level of paleness) that's on sale and be out. Alas, not this year since the recent news about carcinogenic ingredients in sunscreen and dad's second time around with skin cancer. Let's talk sunscreen so you don't have to buy 8 bottles to find the \"one\" this summer.Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[823,1395,1563],"class_list":["post-1491","post","type-post","status-archive","format-standard","hentry","category-frugal-articles","tag-health","tag-safety","tag-summer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.befrugal.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Image thanks to Balaji. 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