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Sunscreen: How to Help Protect Your Skin from the Sun | FDA

Some sun safety tips limit time in sun, wear clothing to cover skin exposed to the sun, use broad spectrum sunscreens with SPF values of 15 or higher regularly and as directed, reapply sunscreen at least every two hours, and more often if you re sweating or jumping in and out of the water

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Sunscreen: How to Help Protect Your Skin from the Sun | FDA

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  1. Sunscreen: How to Help Protect Your Skin from the Sun Apply 15 minutes before you go outside. This allows the sunscreen (of SPF 15 or higher) to have enough time to provide the maximum benefit. Use enough to cover your entire face and body (avoiding the eyes and mouth). An average-sized adult or child needs at least one ounce of sunscreen (about the amount it takes to fill a shot glass) to evenly cover the body from head to toe. Frequently forgotten spots: Ears Nose Lips Back of neck Hands

  2. Tops of feet Along the hairline Areas of the head exposed by balding or thinning hair Know your skin. Fair-skinned people are likely to absorb more solar energy than dark-skinned people under the same conditions. Reapply at least every two hours, and more often if you’re swimming or sweating. There’s no such thing as waterproof sunscreen People should also be aware that no sunscreens are "waterproof.” All sunscreens eventually wash off. Sunscreens labeled "water resistant" are required to be tested according to the required SPF test procedure. The labels are required to state whether the sunscreen remains effective for 40 minutes or 80 minutes when swimming or sweating, and all sunscreens must provide directions on when to reapply.Storing your sunscreen To keep your sunscreen in good condition, the FDA recommends that sunscreen containers should not be exposed to direct sun. Protect the sunscreen by wrapping the containers in towels or

  3. keeping them in the shade. Sunscreen containers can also be kept in coolers while outside in the heat for long periods of time. This is why all sunscreen labels must say: “Protect the product in this container from excessive heat and direct sun.”

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