Is Higher SPF The Better? - Pt 1

Imagine that you are now embarking on your long term plan to remove your face wrinkles, it will be then handy to know some facts about the UV ray as it can seriously affect the condition of your skin. In fact, the UV ray is one of the skin’s greatest enemies and they should be avoided at all cause. Anti wrinkle creams that come with SPF are not made perfect, stay tune to this article as to learn more.

Is higher SPF the better? Our sheer understanding for the SPF is that, the higher the value, the better it gets for sun protection. SPF is actually short acronym for Sun Protective Factor, an evaluation
"A SPF of 30 means a person using the products can withstand up to 30X longer under the sunlight without sunburn"
standard for measuring the effectiveness on sun products against sun ray as stipulated by product manufacturers. In reality, higher SPF doesn’t mean better protection from sun UV. Firstly, let us get acquaint with the basic facts without being distracted. A SPF of 30 means a person using the products can withstand up to 30X longer under the sunlight without sunburn. However, almost all the SPF ratings are only meant for UVB rays only. The sunlight consists of UVA, UVB and UVC and generally all of them can harm your skin causing wrinkles and fine lines. One way of another or in later part of life, the UVA and UVB from the sunlight will harm your skin causing complications such as wrinkles and fine lines. The sunlight consists of UVA, UVB and UVC.

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Info - It makes sense why most SPF rating only for UVB ray. Since UVB ray can cause ‘immediate‘ damages, the degree of sunburn is easier to be quantified and ‘seen’ for effectiveness. For the insidious UVA, it is different, the detrimental paths are hard to see and ‘measured’ immediately since the effects are ‘progressive ‘ over time.

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