In June, the Hérault Cancer League participated in a national skin cancer prevention campaign. A Lunel pharmacy gives its advice to protect your skin from ultraviolet rays.
During the heat wave, the UV index is high. According to the Cancer League, 80 % of skin cancers are due to overexposure to ultraviolet (UV) rays.
At the start of this summer, the association launched the prevention campaign “We are not sausages” for “Do not grill your skin this summer”. She thus gives advice to protect her skin since “Skin cancers are among 40 % cancer ‘avoidable’. And behavior change would limit the incidence. “
Hat, glasses, clothes
The league thus recommends avoiding sun exposure in 12 p.m. and 4 p.m., that is to say at the times of the day when UVs are the most powerful. But also to wear clothes with tight weaving or anti-UV treated, a wide-edged hat and sunglasses adapted to strong light.
The association also advises against tanning cabins and recommends applying sunscreen. “Favor an index 50indicates a pharmacist from Lunel. Even black or tanned skin does not protect lesions. And you have to pay all the more attention when you have a clear phototype and a tendency to make freckles. ” The health professional also alerts to the frequency of application of products and their quantity. “Ideally, you have to put back cream after each swim even if the tube indicates that it is water resistant. Also remember to apply the equivalent of seven teaspoons all over the body.”
Sun protection is to be spread every two hours during the exhibition. Also pay attention to sunbathing oils which not only do not protect UVs but have a catalyst effect to cause skin lesions and promote the risk of cancers.
Freshness corners in Lunel
In Lunel, during the summer period, several points of freshness are available to vulnerable people. The Movy EHPAD opens its doors every day from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. to non-residents so that they enjoy air conditioned premises and entertainment of the establishment for free. To book, contact 04 67 83 27 80. Just like the home of retirees which opens to non-adherents. The city’s CCAS social service also invites vulnerable people to signal themselves by registering in a register to be reconstacted if the situation is getting worse. Contact 04 67 87 84 97.
