which type to use, how to apply it and the importance of vitamin D

Apply the sun creams over the entire body evenly and without haste, apply them before leaving the house and then every two or three hours and expose yourself to the sun during the early hours of the morning or late afternoon. These are some of the tips given by Dr. Anna Rita Giampetruzzi, director of the Dermatology UOC of the Immacolata Irccs Dermopathic Institute, on how and when to use sunscreens.

The importance of sunscreens

As Dr. Giampetruzzi points out, «with respect to the production of melanin which constitutes a natural defense of skinclothing and the application of sunscreens guarantee additional protection especially when exposure becomes protracted or when in certain hours of the day during the summer the radiation reaches a particular intensity”.