7 Steps to Protect Yourself from the Winter Sun

What exterior activities did you do this past summer? Maybe you went on a pass to the beach. Maybe you spent some time playing your favorite sports such as baseball, golf, or tennis. Maybe you went swimming or had a barbeque in the backyard with family and friends. Regardless of the exterior activities you did over the summer, most likely you were aware that it was important to protect yourself from solarise patch outdoors.

Now season is approaching. I am motion my attention to putting away my season items to make room for the season ones; long arm shirts for short arm ones, corduroy underpants for shorts, and boots for sandals. Most of the sports equipment I have been using is feat to get put away as well. But what about those items I have been using to protect myself from the sun? Things same my sunscreens, sunglasses, and solarise conserving hats and clothing.

You may be putting these items away and not using them during the winter. The National Council of Skin Cancer Prevention reported in their January 2003 newsletter that research shows only 3 percent of Americans routinely wear ointment during the fall months, and only 2 percent during the season months. However, you crapper still get a sunburn and snow blindness during these months. The colder temperatures do not block the UV rays and reflections soured the snow and higher altitudes crapper make matters even worse. You may be causing yourself significant, long-term damage by not properly protecting yourself.

How do you protect yourself from the season solarise (or any other season)? Follow these simple solarise safety action steps advisable by the US Environmental Protection Agency:

1. Limit Time in the Midday Sun - The sun's rays are strongest between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Whenever possible, bounds exposure to the solarise during these hours.

2. Wear a Hat - A hat with a wide brim offers beatific solarise protection to your eyes, ears, face, and the backwards of your cervix - areas particularly prone to overexposure to the sun.

3. Cover Up - Wearing tightly woven, loose-fitting, and full-length covering is a beatific artefact to protect your skin from the sun's UV rays.

4. Wear Sunglasses that Block 99-100% of UV Radiation -Sunglasses that provide 99-100% UVA and UVB protection will greatly reduce solarise exposure that crapper lead to cataracts and other eye damage. Check the adjudge when buying sunglasses.

5. Always Use Sunscreen - Apply a broad spectrum ointment with a Sun Protection Factor (SPF) of at least 15 or higher liberally on exposed skin. Reapply every 2 hours, or after working, swimming, playing, or exertion outdoors. Even waterproof ointment crapper come soured when you towel off, sweat, or pay extended periods of time in the water.

6. Avoid Sunlamps and Tanning Parlors - The light source from sunbeds and sunlamps damages the skin and unprotected eyes. It's a beatific intent to refrain artificial sources of UV light.

7. Watch for the UV Index - The UV Index provides important aggregation to help you plan your exterior activities in ways that prevent overexposure to the sun. Developed by the National Weather Service (NWS) and EPA, the UV Index is issued daily in designated cities across the United States.

I am feat to keep my solarise conserving items out to use this winter. I am trusting that you will do the same so that you crapper savor the outdoors patch in the cold, on the ice, or in the snow. Have a terrific and innocuous winter!