Doctors suggested me to use sunblock of SPF 40 or 50....but, i couldnt find any suitable brand of that amount....i bought one of SPF 60, will it serve the purpose? What do u think, SPF 60 is more active than 40 or 50? or, they all have distinct work?
2007-03-22 03:12:46 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Makeup
Oh, it matters, all right. The higher the SPF, the better. I think 60 is fine. SPF protects you from the damaging effects the sun can have on your skin. You don't want melanoma, so stick with the highest SPF you can possibly find!
2007-03-22 03:17:10 · answer #1 · answered by Raingirl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A sunscreen with an SPF of 15 filters 92% of the UVB. Put another way, a sunscreen with an SPF of 15 will delay the onset of a sunburn in a person who would otherwise burn in 10 minutes to burn in 150 minutes. The SPF 15 sunscreen allows a person to stay out in the sun 15 times longer.
So the use of SPF 60 is actually better protection than the recommended 40 or 50.
2007-03-22 03:40:17 · answer #2 · answered by Tamborine 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A sunscreen with an SPF of 15 filters ninety two% of the UVB. placed yet in a distinctive way, a sunscreen with an SPF of 15 will postpone the onset of a sunburn in a individual who might in any different case burn in 10 minutes to burn in a hundred and fifty minutes. The SPF 15 sunscreen facilitates a individual to stay out interior the sunlight 15 cases longer. So using SPF 60 is definitely extra useful risk-free practices than the cautioned 40 or 50.
2016-11-27 22:00:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Many of us still need to be educated on spf's!
Example: It takes me 10 min. to burn under the sun (without spf) spf means (sun protection factor). It's a math problem!!!You multiply the minutes it takes you to get burned under the sun without protection times the spf you use. Your answer is the protection you are getting with each different spf.
spf 40= 10 min x spf 40= 400 Minutes or 6 hours and 40 minutes. After this time is up, you have to reaply your spf.
2007-03-22 11:04:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It basically means that it will protect you for 60 minutes in the sun, the SPF 40 will do so for 40 minutes and so on.
2007-03-22 03:51:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
After SPF 15 the only difference in the numbers is the ability for them to stay on longer. For instance being waterproof for how long or sweat proof for how long. The SPF (sun protection factor) of them all actually stops at 15.
2007-03-22 03:20:49 · answer #6 · answered by J mom 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋