How to tan properly

 The consequences of excessive exposure to the sun can be very dangerous because sunburn and allergies can not only ruin your appearance and mood during the holidays, but also cause serious damage to health. So before you go to the seaside resort, you need to remember a few basic rules of safe tanning.

Closer to fly everywhere hear advice that sunbathing without risk to health can be taken only at certain times. And this is indeed the case: for safe tanning to be on the sun before 11am and after 16. Consider the fact that the bask in the sun for more than two hours is bad for the body.

Not to get a sunburn, you must gradually accustom the body to stay in the sun. Start with 5-7 minutes tanning a day, gradually increasing the time. If before going to the beach you just walk around for a while in the open clothes - shirts, shorts - not daring to wear a bathing suit immediately, by the same token already prepare the skin to receive sunbathing and tanning in this case turned out beautifully and evenly.

When it comes to hot exotic countries, the question of a safe tan is worth the most important. Many believe that hiding under an umbrella, they will receive protection from the sun. However, this is not the case: the sun's rays can penetrate through such protection. Of course, they do not heat as much, and therefore creates a false sense of comfort zone. Therefore, arriving in a distant country, in the first or second day of stay in general try not to sunbathe in direct sunlight, and at noon shelter from the hot sun in the room or lobby.

And, of course, when it comes to safe tan, be sure to use sunscreen. In order to properly choose a tool, you must know the simple rule: the lighter the skin, the higher should be the level of protection. That is, people with dark skin suit cream with a protection factor of sunlight 10-15, but the owners of light skin - not less than 30-40.

Cream sure to apply a thin layer to the whole body in advance, half an hour before sun exposure, so that he could absorb. After each bath even waterproof sunscreen should be applied again.

Do not forget to take a shower after the beach to wash off the sunscreen and sea salt, and put on your skin any moisturizer, best special cream after sunburn. The structure of such means include components that have analgesic and anti-inflammatory properties that contribute to the rapid recovery of the skin.