What is the skin's own protection time?
The skin's own protection time is the time that unprotected skin can be exposed to the sun before it burns. It is individual for each person and depends on the UV index in the respective situation. It can change both over the year and over life.
The self-protection time of a person's skin is usually given in minutes at a certain radiation strength. So z. B. 10 minutes at UV index 5. This means that you can expect your skin to burn after 10 minutes at UV index 5. Basically, that's the amount of UV that would damage your skin.
At sun-a-wear we use the UV index minutes (UVIm) as a measure of the UV dose. The measured UV index is multiplied by the number of minutes you were exposed to it. The fact that we use the UVIm allows us to define the skin's own protection time more precisely.
Important: Even before the skin's self-protection time is reached and you would burn yourself, UV radiation leads to irreversible damage to the skin!
See also:
- What does the sun protection factor of a sun cream (SPF or SPF) mean?
- What is the UV index?
- What are UV Index Minutes (UVIm)?
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