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Show Page By 8 DIXIE SUN April 8, David 1988 Too much sunlight damages young skin permanently saturating the But the new badge of a lifetime spent in the sun is skin S. Dermatologist Possessing a rich tan has gone in and out of fashion over the centuries. In times past, pale skin was prized by members of the upper class as a symbol of their station in life since only peasants and laborers who toiled outdoors became deeply tanned. Today a deep tan is valued as a symbol of youth, health and glamour. cancer. Sun exposure prematurely ages the skin and promotes skin cancer as surely is as cigarette smoking associated with lung cancer. The sun produces two kinds of ultraviolet light that affect the skin, UVA light causes darkening of the melanin in your skin within 12 hours. UVB is mainly responsible for sunburn redness and causes a more delayed increase in darkening. A reaction caused by the suns light can cause changes inside skin cells. The changes produce wrinkles, loss of skin elasticity, mottling of color, growth and enlargement of small blood vessels and development of precancerous an cancerous skin growths. Skin damage is time related. A dose of sunlight is more damaging to young skin because young skin cells 000000000000000000000000000000000006 0 o o o o o o o o o o o o o multiply more quickly and over a longer life span, meaning that sunlight-induce- d last-- skin wi moisturizers will help with s face dryness, but does no reverse cellular damage. Apply ing a moisturizer before sup I bathing actually increases th j effect of ultraviolet light. Yog should only moisturize yo' skin with a sunscreen before so ing outdoors. errors are amplified. The long term effects of sunlight may take up to 25 years to appear. T o protect against the burning rays of the sun, you should always apply a sunscreen with the appropriate SPF or sun protection factor. The higher the SPF number, the greater the protection. For example, an application of the sunscreen with SPF 3 allows you to stay in the sun three times longer than you normally could without burning. Sunscreens should be applied 30 minutes before going outdoors and reapplied after sweating, exercise, swimming or drying off with a towel. Conditions such as high altitudes, low latitudes, snow, sand or water and high winds require sunscreens with higher SPF numbers. If you do get a sunburn. Avoid tanning parlors, Although these parlors use mainly UVA, it may burn pep I P pie with sensitive skin and ad& UVB to light damage and to premature aging of the skin. I pi By taking these simpUJ precautions, you can keep yojr skin healthy and youthful ap pearing from many years to come. For more information sends d, stamped envelope to the American Academy of Dermatology, P.O. Box 3116, Evanston, IL. 60204. msoooooooooeoeossooeooeoeooosoooecrsoeo&swssooooea G o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o DELUXE STUDENT TOWN HOMES 175 South 1000 East St. George D-WE- FORMAL EK Tennis Match! Sign up for Union Squares Tennis Match to be held spring quarter. OVER $200 IN PRIZES!! Fill out the entry blank below and take or send it, along with $2 for entry fee to the managers, Shane and Marcel Morris, in -- 1 - by April 30. They will then mail you a schedule when you play and a list of rules. 73-5602 UNION SQUARE TENNIS MATCH (Suits or Tuxes) APRIL 16, 1988 9:00-12:0- 0 DIXIE CONVENTION CENTER DOUBLESMIXED DOUBLES ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooo $8.00 PER COUPLE 0000000a0c500000000000000000c000000000000000000qi9e9,i |