Using sunscreen is iessential to protect our skin in summerbut we don’t always choose the right product for this.
Solar radiation can have a very damaging effect on our skin and here’s why people of any age and complexion they should limit the amount of time they spend in the sun. Even so, every time we go out on the street we should apply sunscreen first, but how to choose the right one?
In addition to SPF (the level of photoprotection of a cosmetic), it is also we have to look at the price of the productbecause, as Boticaria García explains, this is an important factor in choosing a sunscreen.
According to the scientific communicator, there are four filters that protect our skin and sunscreens can incorporate one or the other. “The most popular, the one that all creams have, is there UVB filterwhich protects us from sunburn and cancer, “says Boticaria, but there are” three other filters “.
“There is the filter that protects us ultraviolet light, wrinkles and allergies. Another is the filter that protects us infrared A (that of aging), and the last is what protects us visible light (blue light) “. Regarding the latter, Boticaria clarifies that” people who have dark skin with a tendency to stains, if they do not use a protection with this filter, will have spots “.
Does the price affect the protection?
Boticaria García explains that, in this sense, The brand does not matter as much as the price. “The important thing is not that it is private label or high-end, the important is what it says on the label,” he says.
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“If we know we have to look for the four sunscreens, these may be in a white label or in others. However, the price is importantbecause a 3 euro product will not have the same filters as a 20 or 40 euro one “, concludes the pharmacist.
