Ngaba usafuna i-sunscreen ukuba uchitha usuku ngaphakathi?
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Ukuziqhelanisa nokuhamba kuluntu kutshintshe kakhulu kubomi bemihla ngemihla. Kubekho i-pivot edibeneyo yokusebenza usekhaya, ukufunda ekhaya, kunye nokudibana kweZoom. Kodwa ngokutshintsha kweshedyuli yakho yesiqhelo, ngaba ukhathalelo lwakho lolusu lutshintshile-oko kukuthi, ngaba uye wonqena nge-SPF? Ukuba kunjalo, iingcali zithi olu tshintsho lunokuba neempembelelo ezingalindelekanga. Nantsi into ekufuneka uyazi.
Enye i-biggie: Abantu banokuba nethuba lokutsiba i-sunscreen ukuba abayi kuchitha ixesha elininzi ngaphandle. "Kodwa kuthekani ukuba uchitha imini usebenza ekhaya kufutshane nefestile?" utsho uMichelle Henry, M.D., ugqirha wesikhumba kwisiXeko saseNew York. "Imitha ye-UVA yelanga ilungile kakhulu kwiglasi yokungena." Ukuvezwa lilanga ngoyena nobangela wokuguga ngaphambi kwexesha kolusu, kunye nemitha ye-UVA, ngakumbi, inxulunyaniswa namabala elanga, imigca emihle kunye nemibimbi. Iscreen selanga esibanzi siya kubonelela ngokhuseleko lwe-UVA olifunayo. (Zama esinye sezi Zikhuseli Zelanga Kulo Lonke Uhlobo Lolusu, Ngokutsho kwabathengi baseAmazon.) Iindaba ezimnandi: Imitha ye-UVB, eyimitha ebangela ukutshiswa lilanga kunye nomhlaza wolusu onokubakho, ngokuqhelekileyo ayikwazi ukuphuma ngeefestile.
Kukho nethuba lokuba ugqibe isigqibo sokuhamba wedwa, ukubaleka, okanye ukukhwela ibhayisekile. Logama nje ihambelana nezikhokelo zakho zasekhaya, yinto entle leyo! "Kumnandi kakhulu ukubona abantu bephuma endlini ukuya kwenza umthambo kuba le yindlela entle yokujamelana nayo — umthambo unciphisa uxinzelelo kwaye kunjalo nangokuchaphazeleka kwindalo," utshilo ugqirha wengqondo uSherry Pagoto, Ph.D., unjingalwazi weAllied Health Sciences e KwiYunivesithi yaseConnecticut. Kodwa ngoku, abantu abaninzi bayayenza ngexesha lokukhanya kwe-UV, ukusukela ngentsimbi ye-10 ukuya kweye-4 ngokuhlwa. Yongeza kule nto: Ngoku kukufudumeza ngaphandle, iileya ziyaphuma kwaye ziveza ulusu ngakumbi. Qaphela ukutshiswa lilanga. Ukuba uhamba ngaphandle, qiniseka ukuba usebenzisa i-sunscreen ebanzi ye-SPF 30 okanye ngaphezulu, utsho uDkt Marmur, othanda i-EltaMD UV Clear Broad Spectrum 40 (Yithenge, i-$ 36, dermstore.com). Ukhetho lwevenkile yeziyobisi, zama iNeutrogena Sheer Zinc SPF 50 (Yithenge, $ 11, target.com).
Kodwa kukho omnye umntu omdala wolusu onokuthi udibane naye kunangaphambili. Ukukhanya okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka okuyinxalenye yokukhanya okuphezulu okubonakalayo (ukukhanya kwe-HEV) okuvela kwiscreen sekhompyuter yakho, umabonwakude, ithebhulethi, kunye ne-smartphone, kwandisa ukudumba eluswini lwakho, utshilo uGqr.UHenry. Oko kunokukhokelela kumabala amnyama kunye ne-melasma, ezingamabala amdaka-kwaye zonke iithoni zolusu zinokuchaphazeleka.
Ngethamsanqa, apho ngu indlela yokuzikhusela kuloo mitha. Khetha isikhuselo-langa esinesithako se-iron oxide, esisebenza kakhulu ekuthinteleni ukukhanya okubonakalayo, kubandakanya ukukhanya okuluhlaza okuvela kwizixhobo zakho, utshilo uGqr. Henry. Ngapha koko, olunye uphononongo lufumanise ukuba abantu abane-melasma abasebenzisa i-sunscreen ebandakanya ii-oxides zentsimbi babone ukuphela okuphezulu kwamabala amnyama kulusu lwabo kunezigulana ezazisebenzisa i-sunscreen ekhuselwe kukukhanya kwe-UV kodwa ingenayo i-iron oxide. I-oxide ye-Zinc ihlala ifumaneka kwi-sunscreens etyhidiweyo kuba iyanceda ukwenza i-tint ephikisana ne-white white okanye i-sunscreen ye-mineral-khangela i-cream ye-BB, i-CC cream, okanye ifakwe kwisithako kunye ne-SPF 30 okanye ngaphezulu. "Unokujonga kwakhona ifomula ethi inika ukukhanya okugcweleyo okanye ukukhanya okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka kwileyibhile yayo," wongeza uEllen Marmur, MD, ugqirha wesikhumba kwisiXeko saseNew York. Uncoma i-Coola Full Spectrum 360 Sun Silk Cream SPF 30 (Yithenge, i-$ 42, dermstore.com). Kukwakho neeglasi eziluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka onokuthi uzinxibe ukukhusela amehlo akho kunye nezikhuseli zesikrini onokuthi uzibeke ngaphezulu kwezikrini zakho ukuvala ukukhanya okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka ukufikelela kulusu lwakho. "Ukunciphisa ukukhanya kwikhompyutheni yakho kunye nezikrini zefowuni okanye ukuhamba kude nabo kungenza umehluko," kusho uDkt Henry.
Ukongeza kwi-SPF, ii-antioxidants ngumgca wesibini wokhuselo ofanele ukongezwa (okanye ukugcina) indlela yesiqhelo yakusasa. Imitha ye-UVA, ukukhanya okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, kunye noxinzelelo (into uninzi lwethu olunayo ngoku) inokwenza ii-radicals zasimahla, ezo ke zi-elektroni ezingahlawulwanga ezijikeleza isikhumba sakho, zibethe imingxunya kwi-collagen kunye ne-hyperpigmentation. I-serum antioxidant ibeka oko. "Musa ukuyiyeka," kusho uDkt Henry, othanda i-Clinique Fresh Pressed Daily Booster kunye ne-Pure Vitamin C 10% (Yithenge, i-$ 20, i-clinique.com) kunye neLa Roche Posay 10% ePure Vitamin C Serum (Yithenge, $ 40, dermstore.com). "Zombini zilungele ulusu olubuthathaka, ke umbono olungileyo ukuzama ngoku xa sonke sifuna ukunciphisa umngcipheko wokuphendula kakubi kolusu." Ukuba uqhubeka nomkhwa wokuvalelwa wedwa, ulusu lwakho luya kubulela kuwe. (Idibeneyo: Le $ 10 ye-sunscreen inika uMama wam ukukhanya ngokuKhanya-kwaye uDrew Barrymore uyayithanda nayo)
Okukwintsusa: Kufanelekile ukusebenzisa i-sunscreen ntsasa nganye njengoko uhlala usenza. Ngaphandle koko, uPagoto uthi, "ukuphinda simise umkhwa wemihla ngemihla kunokunceda ukubonelela ngengqondo yolawulo kunye nokuqikelela-kwaye yinto esinokuthi sonke siyisebenzise ngoku." (Idibeneyo: Indlela yokujongana noLulolo ukuba u-Self-Isolated ngexesha le-Coronavirus Outbreak)