Martin Lewis Has shared a little known tip that could protect the health of tourists this summer – and in the coming years.
Speaking at his Martin Lewis -Podcast, the financial whizz asked how many of us know if the sunscreen we have at the back of our cupboards are still in date.
Sun cream products that are applied to the skin are designed to protect us against the harmful Ultraviolet (UV) rays of the sun, both UVA and UVB – but they have a shelf life.
With a bottle in hand, tThe broadcaster told his audience that there is a very easy way to work out whether you have to pack the sun protection that you have in your case or throw in the trash.
During the podcast he said: ‘Just a quick tip on sunscreen. If you get your sunscreen, turn the bottle over, because at the back you see a POA number. ‘
POA stands for ‘period after opening’ and is usually 12 or 24 months, he explained. It is also often found on make -up products and usually appears as 9m, 12m, 18m or 24m.
Lewis said a simple label could help prevent sunburn, or worse, a future diagnosis of skin cancer.
He said, “[When you open the bottle] Put a small note of the date, write that on the sunscreen and you know that you are trying to use it within a year, whether it is still valid or not. ‘
Money Man Martin Lewis focused his attention on a health tip in a recent episode of his podcast
Lewis focused his listeners in the direction of the letters POA on bottles of sunscreen and said it knows what it means it could save their future health
Last year, an American expert from skin cancer unveiled the four most important body parts that are susceptible to skin cancer – and where people often miss applying sunscreen.
Dr. Neera Nathan, a surgeon of Harvard-educated skin cancer, shared a tap with more than 680,000 views and said The back of hands, ears, scalp and neck.
Because these areas are often directly exposed to sunlight, they are particularly dangerous places to overlook.
“Most people apply sunscreen to their faces, but do not realize it, and these are often in direct sunlight,” Dr. Nathan at Newsweek.
Dr. David Kim, a dermatologist from New York City who was trained in StanfordIt agreed and say that the number one place where people are forgotten to be sunscreen is on their ears – followed by the scalp and hands.
He said that while obtaining his medical degree, he regularly found skin cancer on the ears of outside athletes who practiced without sunscreen.
Skin cancer can occur on any part of the body, even stains that are not exposed to the sun.
Frequent, direct exposure to the ultraviolet rays of the sun, which damage cells, increases your probability to develop a carcinogenic mutation.
More than 80 percent of skin cancer is caused by sun exposure, according to worldwide cancer research.
There are three main types of skin cancer – basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma.
Every reach in severity and deadly, but many can be successfully treated by surgery if they are caught early enough.
Lewis advised travelers to write a note of the date where a bottle of sun cream is opened to ensure that they are aware when it no longer offers sufficient protection
Poas often appear as a small pot with a figure that indicates the months that the product will last
Common symptoms of skin cancer are an area of discolored skin, an itch or bleeding place, a pink lump with a hard surface and a painful that will not disappear, according to Cleveland Clinic.
Another way to look for skin cancer is to check your birthmarks and freckles on the ‘abcde’s of melanoma.
This includes looking forward to asymmetrical birthmarks, mole with poorly defined edges, mole with strange colors, mole with a large diameter and they evolve in shape or size.
The best way to defend yourself against this condition is to wear sunscreen and protective clothing when you go into the sun, especially during the afternoon, when the sun is at its peak, Dr. Nathan.
A spray sunscreen must be effective, especially for the scalp, able to bypass the hair follicles, she said, adding: ‘I guess a wide spectrum (UVA/UVB) SPF 30 or higher is water-resistant. Sunscreen must be applied again every two hours’.
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