The climate gods are enjoying a crew with everybody who began their summer time holidays this week.
After a somewhat grey June up to now, it now seems to be like it is going to be sunny and above 20 levels for the following few days. However even sun-hungry Bergens have to be cautious.
Within the coming days, low ozone values are anticipated over southern Norway. Which means the UV index might be additional excessive, experiences Directorate for Radiation Safety and Nuclear Security (DSA) Monday.
– On Sunday, measurements confirmed that the UV index was 6.5 in Grimstad, which is extraordinarily excessive right now. Equally robust UV radiation is predicted over southern Norway within the coming dayssays specialist director Lill Tove Nilsen at DSA.
Monday warning to Bergen suggests that folks with a light-weight pores and skin kind will begin to sunburn after 24 minutes with out safety within the solar.
Learn how to take care of excessive UV radiation? That is how the dermatologist solutions:
How must you behave when the UV radiation is excessive, and what must you take additional care of? BA requested Rita Grude Ladstein, chief doctor within the pores and skin division at Haukeland, for recommendation.
Why is UV radiation harmful, and what may cause it?
– UV radiation can injury the pores and skin cells and trigger pores and skin most cancers. The chance of pores and skin most cancers will increase with the extent of UV publicity and particularly with the variety of sunburns.
What ought to you consider while you exit and benefit from the good climate, and what do we frequently neglect after we are exterior?
– It could be straightforward to neglect which you can get sunburned if you’re open air no matter exercise – additionally when you’re gardening, sitting at out of doors eating places, strolling or on a coaching journey. Consciousness of this – and the suitable use of clothes, hat/solar hat and sunscreen might be considerably variable.
How excessive ought to one issue be used, how usually ought to one lubricate, and the place is it typical to neglect to lubricate?
– You must use at the very least SPF 30, and those that sunburn extra simply ought to use SPF 50. How usually it is best to reapply will depend on the exercise, however ideally each two hours. The overwhelming majority of individuals use much less cream than vital – a tip is to use twice in a row – then the safety might be higher and there’s a threat of forgetting sure areas.
– I do not know the place most individuals neglect to lubricate, however I feel it is simple to neglect the neck and the parting of the hair…
Can you employ the sunscreen left over from final summer time? Ought to sunscreen be utilized earlier than different skincare merchandise?
– How lengthy the sunscreen lasts most likely relies upon rather a lot on how it’s saved. If the cream has been uncovered to the solar, it’ll final a shorter time than at room temperature inside. Typically, the sunscreen from final yr will most likely be high quality and the impact might be good.
– Sunscreen will be utilized earlier than or after different skincare merchandise – the impact is unbiased of that.
Some younger individuals, particularly younger women, use the UV warning towards their meant goal, they usually sunbathe exactly when the extent of UV radiation is excessive. What do you consider this as a dermatologist? Are you involved about that development, and if that’s the case why?
– That is very unlucky! The chance of sunburn will increase – hopefully they do not expose themselves to the solar for therefore lengthy every time.
How do you are feeling about individuals’s consciousness of UV radiation?
– My understanding is that there’s a rising consciousness of UV radiation and the significance of solar safety, particularly amongst adults and youthful girls. A lot has to do with decreasing the chance of pores and skin most cancers. Data of the significance of UV radiation within the growth of indicators of growing old, comparable to wrinkles and pigment spots, most likely performs a task.
Be ready for work
On the slope down in direction of Lille Lungegårdsvann, Heidi Nepstad works to plant summer time flowers within the beds. She sits half within the shade, half within the solar.
– I truly checked the UV warning earlier than I went to work immediately, says the apprentice panorama gardener on the City Setting Company.
She has smeared herself with issue 30 and can do one other spherical at lunchtime, she says.
– I’ve seen on Tiktok that dawn is a development when there’s excessive UV. I feel it is not so good, as a result of it may be dangerous to the pores and skin, says Nepstad.
Nevertheless, she has the impression that extra individuals have gotten higher at anointing themselves.
– However then you definately additionally wish to get tan, so individuals settle for every kind of suggestions. I wish to get a tan myself, however do not put an excessive amount of effort into it. It is extra necessary to be wholesome than tan, says the apprentice and says:
– It’s best to be exterior on a regular basis if you wish to get a tan.
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Obtain issue 30
Within the park by Lille Lungegårdvann, Julia Vedø sits and rubs her fingers when BA hits her. It wasn’t the UV warning that made her discover the sunscreen.
– I feel extra in regards to the UV once I’m overseas than right here at residence. However I am good at smearing myself when it is sunny. Perhaps I ought to do it when it is cloudy too, she says.
She’s proper, as a result of even when it is cloudy the UV index will be excessive sufficient that it does not take many minutes earlier than you get sunburned.
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UV radiation from the solar and solarium may cause pores and skin most cancers and injury the eyes.
You scale back the chance of getting pores and skin most cancers by limiting your time in robust gentle and defending your self with clothes and sunscreen. Keep away from getting sunburned. The lighter your pores and skin, the simpler it’s to get sunburned.
You may verify how robust the UV radiation from the solar is on Bl, and it is best to shield your self when the UV index is 3 or greater. The DSA measures the UV radiation from the solar at 9 measuring stations in Norway.
Sunscreens can even trigger pores and skin most cancers, and the Radiation Safety Rules place calls for on house owners, sellers and importers of sunscreens. The DSA and the municipal areas can supervise the solariums.
Supply: Directorate for Radiation Safety and Nuclear Security
Vedø is eager to guard her pores and skin, she says.
– That is why jI take advantage of issue 30 on the physique, and on the face I take advantage of issue 50.
Pals Grethe Riise and Ingrid Holsen sit on a bench. The 2 have very completely different approaches to the solar. Whereas Riise sits with naked arms, shoulders and legs, Holsen is effectively coated.
– I do not verify the UV index, however when it is sunny, I lubricate myself, says Holsen.
– I have never oiled myself, however I am not apprehensive about sunburn, as a result of I take in the solar a bit all spring, so I am unable to get burned simply, Riise claims.
Alternatively, she has nothing to spare from intentionally going out into the solar when the UV index is excessive:
– No, it simply sounds silly, says Riise.
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– Cowl your self up
DSA has not advisable a Riise technique. They encourage individuals to remain within the shade when the solar is at its strongest, use sunscreen with an element of at the very least 30, and canopy up with garments, sun shades and one thing on the top.
They emphasize dIt is good to be lively open air.
– However an excessive amount of UV radiation can result in pores and skin and eye injury, and within the worst case, pores and skin most cancers. The stronger the UV radiation, the larger the chance of well being injury, DSA factors out.
With good sunny climate, there isn’t a cause to not benefit from the forecast for the following few days: