{"id":3221,"date":"2024-03-28T16:24:34","date_gmt":"2024-03-28T17:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=3221"},"modified":"2024-03-28T18:27:51","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T18:27:51","slug":"your-guide-to-sunscreen-ingredients-safety-and-more-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=3221","title":{"rendered":"Your Guide to Sunscreen: Ingredients, Safety and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While most experts agree that you should wear sunscreen year-round to prevent damage from the sun, harmful ultraviolet rays are strongest during the late spring and early summer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Times\u2019s Well section partnered with <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/wirecutter?utm_source=nytimes&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=wcwell&amp;utm_content=sunscreen\" title>Wirecutter<\/a>, a New York Times Company that reviews and recommends products (and publishes annual ratings of sunscreens for the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/wirecutter\/reviews\/best-face-sunscreens\/?utm_source=nytimes&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=wcwell&amp;utm_content=sunscreen\" title>face<\/a> and <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/wirecutter\/reviews\/best-sunscreen\/?utm_source=nytimes&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=wcwell&amp;utm_content=sunscreen\" title>body<\/a>), to answer common questions about sunscreen, including about how safe and effective it is, how to use it properly, and how to pick the right one for you.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"css-kypbrf eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-6a64b152\">How much SPF is enough?<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Sun protection factor (or SPF) is a measure of how well a sunscreen protects against sunburn, which usually results from exposure to ultraviolet B (or UVB) rays, the type that cause most skin cancers. Most experts recommend an SPF of at least 30 for most people and most climates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThere\u2019s no harm in going higher, though,\u201d especially if your skin burns easily or you have <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/a_to_z\/sun-allergy-photosensitivity-a-to-z\" title rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sun-exposure allergies<\/a>, said Dr. Vinod Nambudiri, a dermatologist at Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital in Boston.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Once you go past SPF 30, the protection becomes more incremental. When properly applied, for instance, an SPF 30 sunscreen shields skin from about 97 percent of the sun\u2019s UVB rays, while an SPF 50 protects against roughly 98 percent. No sunscreen blocks 100 percent of the sun\u2019s rays.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Most experts we spoke with said that what\u2019s more important is finding a broad-spectrum sunscreen \u2014 one that protects against both UVB and ultraviolet A (UVA) rays, which mostly cause skin aging and wrinkles \u2014 that you enjoy wearing and can afford to reapply and use consistently.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1336jj\">\n<div class=\"css-121kum4\">\n<div class=\"css-171d1bw\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"css-asuuk5\">\n<div class=\"css-7axq9l\" data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-noscript-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">We are having trouble retrieving the article content.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1dv1kvn\" id=\"optimistic-truncator-a11y\">\n<hr \/>\n<p>Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.nytimes.com\/auth\/login?response_type=cookie&amp;client_id=vi&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Farticle%2Fsunscreen-spf-safety.html&amp;asset=opttrunc\">log into<\/a>\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/subscription?campaignId=89WYR&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Farticle%2Fsunscreen-spf-safety.html\">subscribe<\/a>\u00a0for all of The Times.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"css-1g71tqy\">\n<div data-testid=\"optimistic-truncator-message\" class=\"css-6yo1no\">\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Thank you for your patience while we verify access.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Already a subscriber?\u00a0<a data-testid=\"log-in-link\" class=\"css-z5ryv4\" href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.nytimes.com\/auth\/login?response_type=cookie&amp;client_id=vi&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Farticle%2Fsunscreen-spf-safety.html&amp;asset=opttrunc\">Log in<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-3kpklk\">Want all of The Times?\u00a0<a data-testid=\"subscribe-link\" class=\"css-z5ryv4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/subscription?campaignId=89WYR&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2Farticle%2Fsunscreen-spf-safety.html\">Subscribe<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While most experts agree that you should wear sunscreen year-round to prevent damage from the sun, harmful ultraviolet rays are strongest during the late spring and early summer.The Times\u2019s Well section partnered with Wirecutter, a New York Times Company that reviews and recommends products (and publishes annual ratings of sunscreens for the face and body), to answer common questions about sunscreen, including about how safe and effective it is, how to use it properly, and how to pick the right one for you.How much SPF is enough?Sun protection factor (or SPF) is a measure of how well a sunscreen protects against sunburn, which usually results from exposure to ultraviolet B (or UVB) rays, the type that cause most skin cancers. Most experts recommend an SPF of at least 30 for most people and most climates.\u201cThere\u2019s no harm in going higher, though,\u201d especially if your skin burns easily or you have sun-exposure allergies, said Dr. Vinod Nambudiri, a dermatologist at Brigham and Women\u2019s Hospital in Boston.Once you go past SPF 30, the protection becomes more incremental. When properly applied, for instance, an SPF 30 sunscreen shields skin from about 97 percent of the sun\u2019s UVB rays, while an SPF 50 protects against roughly 98 percent. No sunscreen blocks 100 percent of the sun\u2019s rays.Most experts we spoke with said that what\u2019s more important is finding a broad-spectrum sunscreen \u2014 one that protects against both UVB and ultraviolet A (UVA) rays, which mostly cause skin aging and wrinkles \u2014 that you enjoy wearing and can afford to reapply and use consistently.We are having trouble retrieving the article content.Please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.Thank you for your patience while we verify access. If you are in Reader mode please exit and\u00a0log into\u00a0your Times account, or\u00a0subscribe\u00a0for all of The Times.Thank you for your patience while we verify access.Already a subscriber?\u00a0Log in.Want all of The Times?\u00a0Subscribe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3219,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3221"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3223,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3221\/revisions\/3223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}