Summer and the Sun

I will dedicate this month’s post to the king star and how to protect ourselves from him. We all know the dangers of sunbathing, both aesthetically (wrinkles, premature aging) and health (melanoma).

When I was a teenager (a few years ago) people were crazy about getting tanned. Luckily, it seems that this has changed and now being pale does not look so bad, many people even think it is beautiful (including myself), as is the case in Asian cultures. Although I am very pale and it does not bother me at all, it is true that in occassions like weddings etc, certain dresses dont look well if one is very pale. But self tanners, tanning showers (with sugar cane, etc.) and makeup have been invented for that, so it doesn’t seem like a reason to sunbathe or go to the rays.

In Winter I dont worry about the sun, because I do not spend much time outdoors, and ten minutes per day seem good to me (we already know that vitamin D comes from the sun and is necessary). But when spring-summer comes, I do start to be careful.

Unlike the advice of pharmacists and marketing from the cosmetic industry in general, I do not use sunscreen daily. It seems an unnecessary expense that has been promoted for commercial purposes disguising it as prevention. And they include unnecessary skin chemicals. For a person who goes from home to work, or to shopping, I think it is enough to try to walk in the shade, wear sunglasses and a hat or an umbrella/parasol. Also, I dont like the texture of the sunscreens, their ingredients, I don’t like wearing it at all. But obviously if I am going to be on the beach I do wear it (although I will be under the parasol most of the time, except if I walk or bathe). In that case, I use cheaper sunscreens (although always with high SPF) in the body and of higher quality (Avène type) for the face, which are also non-greasy and non-comedogenic. Even so, whenever I put a blocker on my face I get some pimples afterwards.

Well, in general I dont worry at all about being tanned, except in the case that I have mentioned. In addition, I have already seen that those girls in their 30s who have sunbathed a lot have more wrinkles, sunspots and in general they look older. Not to mention the appearance of moles, which I hate and have a tendency have, so one more reason to avoid sunbathing. And returning to vitamin D, 10 minutes a day is enough, so I don’t think it is an argument to defend sunbathing.

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