Top 8 Effective Ways to Protect the Skin and Prevent Sunburns

Last Updated on January 7, 2021

However, not all kinds of loose clothing are good to wear during the summer. If you want to protect your skin during summer while still looking smart and elegant, please consider wearing the type of loose clothes whose fabric is tightly woven.

Doing so will protect your skin by creating a barrier through which UV light finds it hard to pass through, leaving your skin all the better for it.

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#3 – Avoid the Sun Between 12 p.m. and 4 p.m.

The sun probably reaches its zenith around noon: that is the time of day when the sun is doing its best to annoy people with heat. However, that effect is not limited to noon alone; rather, it extends over a period of 4 hours.

Therefore, you should avoid the sun between 12 p.m. and 4 p.m., a time window which makes the skin more susceptible to burns. If you’re on the beach, then stay in the shade and apply sunscreen just in case.

However, if you have a long day ahead and your work involves going out in the sun a lot, then remember to alternate more frequently between the sun and the shade and apply sunscreen, especially to your face.

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#4 – Your Head needs Protection… Eyes, Too!

Your head houses a very complicated engine—the brain. Unfortunately, the hair doesn’t do a very good job protecting it, especially from the sun. Therefore, you should consider investing in a hat that will keep both your scalp and face protected at all times from the sun.

Your eyes are in danger from the sun as well. Therefore, you should protect them at all costs; otherwise, you won’t get a replacement. For that end, you should invest in sunglasses that have a UV filter and never take them off your eyes whenever you’re out under the sun. That way, you will keep harm at bay from your eyes.

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#5 – Don’t Use Sun Tanning Oil

To tan, or not to tan, that is the question: “Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to suffer / The slings and arrows of the outrageous” / Sun for the sake of a good tan… Well, you get the point! (And sorry Shakespeare!) You should think twice before tanning; or, at least, you should know how to tan.