Not All Clothes Are Sunscreen Clothes. Dark Clothes Are More Sun Proof

In the hot summer, the streets of Guangzhou are even hotter, and the exposed skin seems to be burned by the sun. In response to the demand, many businesses launched a new product: sunscreen clothing. Sunscreen clothing Its main function is to prevent and control the direct radiation of the sun's ultraviolet rays. Its function is the same as that of the sunshade, which makes the skin dark from the sun. This is a required course for many beauty loving women. The biggest feature of sunscreen clothes is that they are translucent, cool and sunscreen. Thousands of transactions on shopping websites have shown the popularity of sunscreen clothing.

Like what? clothes Sunscreen?

If people have no special needs in their daily life, ordinary clothes can completely help people to avoid the attack of ultraviolet rays. But for some people who need a long time outdoor activities or have special requirements for sun protection due to skin problems, ordinary clothes cannot meet their needs for sun protection.

What kind of clothes can really prevent sunscreen? The main reference index of sunscreen articles is upf index. On January 1, 2011, China launched the latest assessment standard《 spin Evaluation of Product's UV Protection Performance, which stipulates that only when the product's upf is greater than 30 and the UVA (long wave ultraviolet) transmittance is less than 5%, it can be called "UV protection product". Regular sun protection clothes should be marked with sun protection marks. The higher the upf index on the label, the better the sun protection performance of the clothes. Some famous outdoor brand sunscreen clothes in the mall have such signs - upf index is 30 or 40. In addition to purchasing standard sunscreen clothes, attention should also be paid to the maintenance of sunscreen clothes cloth It is based on the principle of adding additives. After repeated washing, the sunscreen performance of the cloth may be reduced. An outdoor brand store clerk told the reporter that when cleaning the sun protection clothes, it is better not to add detergent powder or liquid detergent, otherwise the sun protection additive coating on the surface will be damaged by detergent.

　　 Dark clothes More sun protection

There are many sunscreen clothes. What color clothes have good sunscreen effect? A research report of the British Radiation Protection Council pointed out that the worst sunscreen effect is the light yellow cotton fabric, whose sunscreen factor is only 7, and the cream colored cotton fabric's sunscreen factor is 9, and the sunscreen factor increases with the deepening of the color. Therefore, scientists suggest that people wear more dark chemical fiber fabrics in the summer when the ultraviolet radiation is relatively strong clothing 。

Miss Gao, director of the clothing department of Huayi Department Store, said that consumers were shopping clothes In addition, clothes with loose style and bright colors can play the role of cool and happy mood. Dark red or navy chemical fiber clothing is also an ideal sunscreen clothing. People are used to wearing light colored clothes in summer, but they do not know that although light colored clothes feel cool, long-term exposure to ultraviolet sunlight may cause skin cancer. The dazzling white cotton clothes often contain fluorescent whitening agents, which will reflect harmful light to the face that people cannot protect.