Sun protection
With my skintype, will I get burnt?
If we look at passers-by in the street, we see that they're all different: there are short ones, tall ones, thin ones and fat ones, and each one of them also has a different coloured skin. This means that we cannot all stay in the sun for the same length of time. The sun will not affect you the same if your skin is brown as if it's very pale.
To show you just how much the sun can affect you, the following table classifies each skintype. Have you found which one is yours?
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Skintype |
Reaction to sun |
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Very fair skin, blue eyes, freckles, fair hair |
Intense redness and peeling. We don't go brown, our skin turns red. |
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Fair skin, light-coloured eyes, fair or red hair |
Redness and peeling. |
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Pale skin, brown eyes and hair |
Moderate redness, mild pigmentation. |
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Brown skin, dark eyes and hair |
Slight redness, easy pigmentation. |
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Black skin |
No redness, intense pigmentation. |
Young children have very fine, delicate skin, so extreme precaution must be taken with them. To find out if the sun's rays are too intense, follow the rule of the shadow. If your shadow is shorter than you, the sun's rays are at their most intense.
