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Sun-protection creams do not give a sufficient degree of skin protection and only dense fabrics, such as woolen and jeans, can rescue from cancer and other dangerous consequences of ultra-violet radiation, stated the Swiss scientists.
Scientists from Triemli hospital in Zurich have compared about 500 various researches of different skin protection means in an article on a website of the British medical magazine Lancet. They came to a conclusion, that the most inefficient of them is sun-protection cream. The cream can protect from solar burns and easy forms of skin cancer, but it does not rescue from most dangerous of them, such as melanoma.
Light linen and cotton fabrics also do not always cover sufficiently, and if they are light or damp, they can even lower a degree of protection. Basing on the results of the research scientists recommend fitting clothes from dense fabrics, for example jeans or woolen, wide-brimmed hats, - and if possible do not go out in the sun at all.
In their article scientists recognize, what not everyone will be ready to follow their recommendations.
“People shouldn’t misuse sun-protection creams trying to increase time of being in the sun “, - warn they.
Cancer Research UK recommends to stay in a shadow during the hottest time - from 11 o’clock in the morning up to 3 one o’clock in the afternoon, to wear sports shirt, a hat and solar glasses and to use at least SPF 15 cream.