Sun protection clothing is truly one of the lesser known inventions to the general public. However, if you are reading this you are already on your way.
For years sun bathers, outdoor worshippers and perhaps even YOU were mislead by the fact that regular clothing would block the damaging UV rays from reaching your skin.
Being an engineer, I know that ultraviolet rays are much smarter than that and sneak right thru normal fabrics.
This means the everyday fabrics that you wear, have a low sun protection factor (SPF) by their nature and leave your skin wide open to sun damage.
Sun protection or sun protective clothing was created as the need for tight knitted fabric sky rocketed.
Why did the need surge so dramatically?
The doctors, especially dermatologists noticed a hike in the rate of skin cancer including malignant melanoma.
Unfortunately, years of sun exposure was taking its toll on the skin.
But the good news is that UV protective clothing companies have invested a lot in this and have come up with some of the best sun protective clothing around.
Using advanced technology and materials along with high tech machinery, they have been able to knit fabrics which practically block 99% of the UVA and UVB rays.
This is a great achievement, since you can wear them and protect your skin all day.
You won't need to worry about re-applying like you would with sunscreen.
You would ideally want a fabric that's rated UPF50+ or at least SPF30 for maximum sun protection.
So what are you waiting for?
Start being sun safe today and enjoy the outdoors once again by wearing
sun protection clothing .
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