How to take care of your skin after sunbathing

The skin care They are necessary at any time of the year, but especially in summer, since it is more frequent than ours.

Sun exposure

Sun exposure is necessary for maintain adequate health: always in a moderate way and taking the appropriate precautions, establishing the right balance between the benefits and the possible damages, derived from radiation. Among the positive effects that have been attributed to solar radiation are:

• Anti-rachitic action by.
• antidepressant action.
• Stimulation of circulation by dilation of blood vessels and thermoregulatory effect.

Let's review the three types of solar rays that exist:

• The UVB They have more energy, but they do not penetrate the skin very much. They are responsible in excess of the redness of the skin.
• The GRAPE They are responsible for the direct pigmentation of the skin, for which the appearance of an immediate tan occurs, since they cause the photooxidation of melanin precursors.
• The UVC they are responsible for the erythema without tanning, produced by artificial lamps.

skin care in children

Children's skin is especially sensitive and needs dermatological products specifically formulated for it, which have high water resistance and permanence power. After exposure, you should generously moisturize baby / child skin. Solar radiation, as well as the environment where it occurs, involves direct attacks on children's skin, for which measures must be provided to achieve adequate protection, maintenance and repair of structures.

Specific pediatric moisturizers should be used, not adult ones, to allow your skin cell renewal, especially if they have occurred. In addition, it is important to constantly rehydrate the child with water, to allow a better functioning of the skin.

In the months after summer, when there is no longer such abundant sun exposure, the skin care They should be done with special children's creams, which will also eliminate dead cells. If activities are carried out outdoors, such as in the snow, a high sun protection factor should be applied, avoiding the appearance of redness.

skin care in young people, adults and the elderly

A excessive sun exposure in youth and adultsWithout adopting the appropriate protection measures for our skin type and the environmental conditions of the environment, it can produce in the short term, sunburn, and in the long term, degenerative alterations in the dermis, such as, or be the cause of the development of some skin and hair diseases.

Specialist in General and Aesthetic Surgery Avance Medical collaborating physician