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Show A WORD TO THE WISE Sun Burning and Tans Not Healthy Many otherwise enjoyable summer activities are made unpleasant un-pleasant because people forget, or are blissfully unaware of, a few basic facts concerning exposure ex-posure to sunlight. Since "Old Sol" is the soun-e of all energy, it is only reasonable to assume that prolonged exposure to solar rays can have serious consequences. Severe sunburn is rarely a problem pro-blem for farm workers because year-in and year-out exposure usually gives the farmer a healthy respect for the sun. However, How-ever, let the farmer and his family fam-ily take a vacation to the ocean or the mountains and they can acquire just as serious a burn as their city cousins. It was once believed that a deep sun tan was as healthful as it was attractive, but recent evidence evid-ence seems to indicate the opposite. oppo-site. When the skin is exposed to an excessive amount of tanning, as in, people who work outdoors most bt tne time, it shows certain changes which may best be described de-scribed as premature aging. This "aging" is usally accompanied by harmful changes in the glands and hair follicles. Long-term Long-term exposure can also be a factor fac-tor in the development of certain typos of skin cancer which fortunately for-tunately can be easily removed. So if one is outdoors a lot, it's wise to got maximum protection from adequate clothing and protective pro-tective ointments or lotions. Vacation-type sunburn varies in degrees as does any other burn, from mild redness to severe third degree, blistering burns. The severity of a sunburn depends de-pends on several factors such as the sensitivity of the individual's skin, the amount of pigment it contains, the length of time exposed, ex-posed, the altitude of the exposure, expo-sure, and the use or non-use of protective agents. It is common sense for everyone every-one exposed to the sun to take the necessary precautions to protect pro-tect the skin trom injury. There are many commercial lotions and creams on the market today which contain materials which effectively filter out most of the sun's harmful rays. Zinc oxide paste affords good protection against the sun drying and cracking lips, and a good pair of sun glasses will guard against irritation ir-ritation of the eyes or eyelids. |