The sun is the major culprit of 80% of your wrinkles and spots on your face. It is also one of the main causes of skin cancer but then one has to go outdoors as work and life requires it. How often have you put on sunscreen wondering if your skin is really protected or not and is there anything else you can do? Well, it so happens that dermatologists, the people who advice you on your skin problems also venture out into the sun without fear as they have their own ways and means of total protection developed to save their own skin.
According to a poll conducted among 23 Dermatologists, here’s how dermatologists protect their skin from the sun.
1 They keep Sunscreen with their toothpaste
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Yes!! This is the best reminder to put on your sunscreen every morning before going outdoors. Science, in fact, justified the habit proving that use of sunscreen was increased by 20% among those who kept it along with their toothpaste.
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2 How a Dermatologist chooses an SPF
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According to dermatologists, most people underapply sunscreen but clinical studies test SPF based on an unusually thick application of sunscreen on skin. A thin layer of sunscreen can wear off in two hours. This also means that the SPF is reduced by 50%. AN SPF of 110 is ideal for outdoors.
According to a poll, most derms favored a sunscreen with minimum SPF 30 on regular days but also mentioned that the SPF corresponds to a percent blockage of sun rays. This means while in cities such as Los Angeles using an SPF of 30 which blocks 97% or 110 SPF which blocks 100% isn’t much of a difference but in a city like Florida where the sunrays are more direct, you need a sunscreen more than SPF 30 to prevent the risk of conditions like skin cancer.
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