MYTH: Standing in the shade protects you from UV damage.
FACT: Just because you can't feel the sun on your skin
doesn't mean ultraviolet radiation isn't there. As you, say, walk to work on
the shady side of the street, sneaky diffuse irradiation (scattered solar
beams) present in the atmosphere during daylight hours accounts for a whopping
80 percent of your annual dose of UV exposure. "Sun damage is
cumulative," explains New York dermatologist Dr. Debra Jaliman, so you
simply must wear SPF 30 broad-spectrum sunscreen all year round. "Even
when it's cloudy, the sun penetrates through," she says.
Do you wear sun screen the entire year?
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