Self Protection Time of the Skin

Self Protection Time of the Skin

The skin's self-protection time is the time that unprotected skin can be exposed to the sun before it burns. It is individual for each person and depends on the UV index in the particular situation. It can change both over the year and over life.

The self-protection time of a person's skin is usually given in minutes at a certain radiation intensity. So e.g. B. 10 minutes at UV index 5. This means that you can expect your skin to burn after 10 minutes at UV index 5. Basically, this corresponds to the UV dose at which your skin is damaged.

At sun-a-wear we use the UV index minutes (UVIm) as a measure for the UV dose. The measured UV index is multiplied by the number of minutes you have been exposed to it. Using the UVIm allows us to define the skin's own protection time more precisely.

Important: Even before the skin has reached its own protection time and you would burn yourself, the UV radiation causes irreversible damage to the skin!


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