Beware … cloudy days solar radiation is capable of transferring 40% of the clouds and if you’re not careful and do not protect yourself you may end up burnt on a cloudy day. Clouds can be dangerous because they create a magnifying effect with the sun, which further affects the skin. We must distinguish between cloudy day or with low or high clouds. If the clouds are very high the sun burns more, in fact if the clouds are cirrus, 95% of solar radiation passes through them.

And with the terraces. Surely you feel like ‘open’ (if you have not already), the ‘season terraces’, particularly after a winter as hard as this year. Be careful because solar radiation also damages in the cities. We recommend the use of creams with sun protection factor or direct the use of sunscreens throughout the year, wherever we are.

The Mediterranean is not the Caribbean. Many people come to consult your dermatologist burns in exotic places and say they’ve used sunscreen. The problem is that the sun does not fall in the same way in all parts of the Earth, the closer the Earth’s sun radiation are worse, so the large burns occurring in the mountain. But it must take into account factors such as the color of water and sand. In places where crystal clear waters and white sand, the sun is more dangerous because their impact is reflected and multiplied.

Driving without protection: protection should be made while driving. Many burns are caused by driving for a long time to face the sun. The glass of the car makes a very dangerous magnifying effect.

Do not use the proper sunscreen or do so sparingly: you must be familiar with the phototype of our skin and know what kind of protection we use, also depend on the degree of photoaging skin. If our solar capital is exhausted – some signs are the presence of wrinkles and spots on face neck and hands, you can use a very high protection. And it’s important to use enough cream and replace it at least every two hours.

You know how to defend against free radicals produced by solar radiation skin pigment, is colored. This results in the tan … and stains. Because when this melanin overproduction is a disorderly way, there may be an excess in some areas and an irregular distribution. The spots on the skin are one of the aesthetic problems of greatest concern to women, affecting one woman in three. Difficult to solve, if not impossible, it is important to determine its origin to find out what treatment needs. The first thing to do is go to a dermatologist, setting the origin is an increase of cells (melanocytes) or an increase of melanin (pigment) … In the first case, we would be talking about a lunar-benign-or -malignant melanoma. But, once discarded these options, would be speaking of stains without any risk whose problem is mainly aesthetic. Within this group, there are two types of stains, determined by the cause that made them appear. Those caused by photoaging, ie because of the sun (called lentigines) and those with congenital hormonal origin (called melasma).

What is yours? It is easy to distinguish, alert:

Hormonal melasma spots

Where to go? Normally in the forehead, upper lip, chin, cheeks … distributed symmetrically.
How are they? Irregular borders and dark color that varies in intensity.
Why go? Its origins are hormonal changes such as pregnancy, birth control pills, etc. and / or genetic predisposition although, as in all stain, his appearance is stimulated by exposure to UV radiation and therefore are more evident in summer and winter is clarified.
Who will go? A female brown matte skin (skin types III and IV) more often during pregnancy and while taking oral contraceptives. Clearly related to hormonal stimulation, and particularly with the presence of estrogen, in any case, appears due to sun exposure.

The sunspots or lentigines

Where to go? Alone or in groups of three or four, especially in areas of sun-exposed skin: face, hands, arms, shoulders, legs, back, etc.
How are they? They have a round or oval and at first have a pale beige, with a tendency to darken with age.
Why go? For repeated sun exposure over the years.
Who will go? They are more common in light skin types (blond or red hair.) The first lentigines arising around fifty years, even before the people who spend time outdoors or repeatedly exposed to the sun.