How to protect your lips from sun damage?

What do you usually take with you when you go swimming, to the beach or just going out? Hat, Sunglasses, Sunscreen … to protect your skin from the sun. On the natural side, your skin contains oil that protects it from dryness and extreme temperatures, but your LIPS don’t, which explains why they bleed so easily.

Because your lips are natural, you would like to protect them from the sun’s harmful ultraviolet (UV) rays. Products with SPF (sun protection factor) will help protect your lip against UV rays, keeping your lip always smiling.

How to protect your lips from the SUN?

Protecting your lips from the sun is really easy. The best way to protect your lips from sunlight is to apply a tinted lipstick or lip balm that contains sunscreen. Not only does lip balm protect lips from burning, the moisture will help prevent chapping and dryness. The SPF number tells you how much longer you can stay outside without burning while using the sunscreen product rather than not using any sunscreen product, for example: an SPF 15 means this will take your lips 15 times longer than without it. sunscreen

Use lip balm with a minimum of SPF 30 for you (the higher the better) and SPF 15 for your baby. But the most famous lip balm usually only has an SPF with 15-20, it still does not protect your lips.

ADVICE:

• – Apply sunscreen 30 minutes before sun exposure and reapply every 2-3 hours when swimming or sweating (water or sweat resistant).
• – No sunscreen can protect your skin from all UV rays, but a higher SPF number indicates protection against more rays.
• – Do not expose to direct sunlight without any sun protection factor. Apply lip moisturizers that contain sun protection factor.
• – “It’s winter! I don’t need to protect my lips from the sun!” Snow can reflect around 80% of the sun’s rays and can damage the skin and UVA rays are at constant levels throughout the year.

Did you know

A recent University of Texas study revealed that more than 94% of study participants were well aware that UV exposure causes skin cancer, but only 6% were aware of lip cancer risk factors.

Alarmingly, only 28% of the participants used a form of lip protection, such as specialized lip sunscreen, regular sunscreen, or lipstick.

So next summer, upgrade your bright look!