{"id":4829,"date":"2021-10-18T08:00:36","date_gmt":"2021-10-18T12:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/?p=4829"},"modified":"2021-10-18T11:09:57","modified_gmt":"2021-10-18T15:09:57","slug":"feeling-the-burn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/feeling-the-burn\/","title":{"rendered":"Feeling the burn?"},"content":{"rendered":"

As someone in an outdoor profession, I spend a good portion of my monthly budget on sunscreen. My lily-white skin burns so easily that I wear SPF 30 well into the fall and winter. I\u2019ve experimented with many different SPFs, application methods, and consistencies. While I\u2019ve tested many different brands and formulas, there are a few things that I typically look for.<\/p>\n

\"Marine<\/p>\n

Yoav95179, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n

Firstly, I check to see if the product contains Oxybenzone (Benzophenone-3), which may be carcinogenic, can cause skin allergies, and which has been shown to have harmful effects on marine coral<\/a>.<\/strong> Exposure to Oxybenzene affects larval coral by making their skeleton structure develop prematurely and all wrong!<\/strong><\/a> Marine biodiversity is compromised and that is bad for the planet. Buying products with zinc oxide or titanium dioxide can help keep this chemical out of our waterways and oceans. In 2018, Hawaii was the first state to ban the sale of sunscreens containing Oxybenzone,<\/strong><\/a> and other island tourist destinations have done so as well. Research on this is ongoing.<\/p>\n

\"sweating\"<\/p>\n

Minghong, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n

Another thing I look for is water resistance. You\u2019re out in the sun and you\u2019re going to be sweating! If your sunscreen doesn\u2019t have any kind of water resistance than you\u2019re going to have to remember to put more on constantly through the day. I don\u2019t know about you, but I have a hard enough time remembering to reapply even a couple of times when it should be done every two hours. Looking for a sunscreen that is water resistant for at least 30 minutes is very helpful. If you get caught in the sprinklers or are really sweating you\u2019re still going to have to put on more but this may buy you some time and prevent a terrible sunburn.<\/p>\n

\"sunburnnnnn\"<\/p>\n

Kelly Sue DeConnick from Kansas City, MO, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n

The third thing I look for is either aloe or moisturizer. Being out in the elements all day really takes a toll on your skin. Both sun exposure and wind have been proven to be drying and abrasive. Prolonged UV exposure to skin can cause premature aging at the very least<\/strong><\/a>. No one really wants to look 20 years older, so using a sunscreen can help create a barrier between your skin and the elements.<\/p>\n

\"Twins<\/p>\n

Comparing twins after a lifetime of sun exposure – St2671, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n

\"UV<\/p>\n

Sunscreen blocks those UV rays – Spigget, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p>\n

Sunscreen can be kind of a pain to remember, but it\u2019s definitely worth the effort. Sun damage is cumulative over your lifetime and can be worse than a simple sunburn, as painful as those can be.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As someone in an outdoor profession, I spend a good portion of my monthly budget on sunscreen. My lily-white skin burns so easily that I wear SPF 30 well into the fall and winter. I\u2019ve experimented with many different SPFs, application methods, and consistencies. While I\u2019ve tested many different brands and formulas, there are a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4837,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94,18,66],"tags":[83],"class_list":["post-4829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-2021-posts","category-about-us","category-about-you","tag-makenna-harwood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4829"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4829\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4860,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4829\/revisions\/4860"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.christensensplantcenter.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}