Sun Protection Clothing Is Really Sunscreen &Nbsp; Experts Suggest Watching The Protective Index And Buying It Again.

Sunscreen, sunshade, sunglasses... With the advent of midsummer, sunscreen products have become a hot commodity at present. As long as they stick to the two word "sunscreen", they sell very well.

Among those who love beauty, a new sunscreen product has recently been circulated -- sunscreen clothing, which is known to be able to prevent sunburn and sunburn by sunning. So, can sunscreen really protect against sunscreen?

Hot sale online Sunscreen clothes

"Sunscreen clothes? Never heard of it. Do you wear sunscreen or not? " Hearing "sunscreen clothes" 3 words, Beijing consumers Miss Jin's first reaction is full of doubts.

Reporter landing TaoBao Website, enter "sunscreen clothes", the page shows that nearly 10000 items have been searched. It has long sleeves or short sleeves, and also has windbreaker, fishing suits, outdoor sportswear and other styles. The colors are yellow, pink, purple and other colors. The price ranges from twenty or thirty yuan to five hundred or six hundred yuan. Some claimed to use high coefficient anti UV cloth, some of them are CVC. Fabric 。 Sellers generally say that sunscreen is the latest fabric, light and breathable, and can block ultraviolet rays. Buyers do not have to worry about getting sunburnt or burning after they wear them. Some sellers' trading records show that they have sold more than 9000 sunscreen suits in the past month. Buyers' evaluation is polarized, some say effective, while others think there is no sun protection. Miss Jin's view of a yellow thin coat priced at 28 yuan is: "can this also be used as a sunscreen? Isn't that just a plain long sleeved jacket? I think wearing a long sleeved dress will help protect against sunscreen. "

Unlike this twenty or thirty yuan thin long sleeved coat, in some specialized outdoor brand clothing, reporters found some sunscreen clothes priced over 100 yuan. These sunscreen clothes are not so colorful, they are mainly used for wearing when they are exposed to strong sunlight. For example, a product called "Amadis sunscreen clothing" is introduced by the seller. The product uses "patent filtering system, super strong sun protection, light texture, prevents and inhibits free radicals and skin damage. The research and development of this technology originates from the scientific research on various reactions that human skin meets with different light sources, and it is a brand-new achievement in dermatology." The seller also emphasized that this product is suitable for outdoor fishing, and the online price is 186 yuan.

Outdoor leisure essential products

In order to find out what sunscreen clothes were like, the reporter visited some outdoor stores in Beijing. At Sanfo outdoor goods store near Ma Dian bridge in Haidian District, salesmen briefed reporters on several sunscreen suits, mostly from Austria and Britain. These sunscreen suits are soft, thin and light, and can hardly feel their weight on them. "Is this dress effective for sunscreen?" The reporter asked. "Of course. These fabrics are specially treated. " Reporters looked carefully, found that these sunscreen clothes are mostly polyester fiber, and some are nylon.

Sales staff said: "these sunscreen clothing protection index is more than 20, if it is a general activity, it can completely resist ultraviolet radiation; if it is strong sunlight activities in the wild, or have skin allergy symptoms, you need to buy sunscreen clothing with a protective index of more than 40." Reporters saw that the names of the products on these clothes were various, some of them wrote "sunscreen clothes" directly, others wrote "cicada wings", and others wrote "skin clothes". Some products also have a card on it, which is written on the word "40 F + 40". Sales staff told reporters that this is the protective index of sunscreen clothing. Of these sunscreen suits, the cheapest is 268 yuan, the most expensive one needs 850 yuan, which is much higher than that of the sunscreen clothes sold online.

Salesmen recommend that sunscreen clothing is easy to clean, comfortable and comfortable to wear, and has strong water absorption, breathability and certain windproof properties. It can make the wearer maintain the best motion state and is an essential product for outdoor leisure lovers.

See the signs and buy again.

"Sunscreen clothing can really resist some ultraviolet rays." Qin Yanhua, senior engineer of the national fiber quality inspection center, answered questions from reporters. "However, these clothes must be tested by UV resistance. Only clothes with a certain standard can be called anti ultraviolet products."

Ms. Zhou, the customer service department of the national textile product quality inspection center, introduced the new national recommended standard "textile UV protection performance evaluation" in January 2010 (GB/T 18830-2009). The standard stipulates that only when the product's UPF is greater than 40 and the UVA transmittance is less than 5% can it be called anti ultraviolet product. Among them, UPF is the "ultraviolet protection coefficient", which refers to the ratio of the average ultraviolet radiation calculated from the skin without protection to the average effect of ultraviolet radiation calculated by the skin when the fabric is protected. The standard also stipulates that anti ultraviolet products should be labeled on the label with 3 aspects: the standard number is GB/T 18830-2009; when 40< UPF is less than 50, it is marked as "UPF40+"; when UPF>50 is labeled "UPF50+"; the protective performance of the product may be reduced under long-term use and under tensile or humid conditions.

Zhou told reporters at the same time, the standard is recommended standard, not mandatory standards, enterprises can choose whether to produce UV protection products according to their own conditions. But once we claim that our products are UV resistant products, we must follow this standard.

"UV protection performance of clothing is related to many factors. For example, the fabric's structure, color, thickness and so on. The effect of sunscreen will be better if the clothes are darker and thicker. At present, most of the enterprises producing sunscreen fabrics in China are using coating to achieve the effect of UV protection. Mrs. Zhou introduced.

Experts remind consumers, in fact, ordinary clothing can also play a better role in UV protection. Without special needs, a plain T-shirt can help people to reduce ultraviolet radiation. But for some people who need outdoor activities for a long time or have special requirements for sunscreen because of skin problems, ordinary clothes can not meet the needs of their sunscreen. Special sunscreen clothing is available. However, some businesses now use the concept of sunscreen in ordinary clothing, and the public knows little about sunscreen fabrics. Inevitably, there are some false cases. Therefore, people should not be blindly attracted by all kinds of fancy propaganda when choosing sunscreen clothes. Regular sunscreen clothing will mark the protective index on the clothing tag, if not, advise not to buy it.