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Izithako zokuqeda ilanga ezisetshenziswa ngaphandle ziyizinhlanganisela ezivikelayo ozigcoba esikhumbeni sakho ukuze sizivikele emisebeni eyingozi ye-ultraviolet (UV) evela elangeni. Le mithi isebenza njengesivikelo, nokuthi imunca imisebe ye-UV ngaphambi kokuthi ingene esikhumbeni sakho noma iyibuyisele emzimbeni wakho ngokuphelele.
Cabanga ngezithako zokuqeda ilanga ezisetshenziswa ngaphandle njengomqaphi wakho siqu wesikhumba ngokumelene nomonakalo welanga. Ziza ngezinhlobo ezahlukene ezihlanganisa okhilimu, ama-lotion, ama-gel, ama-spray, nezinti, ngasinye senzelwe ukuhlinzeka ngesivikelo esithembekile uma sisetshenziswa ngendlela efanele ezindaweni zesikhumba eziveziwe.
Izithako zokuqeda ilanga zisebenza njengokuvikela kwakho okuyinhloko ekulimaleni kwesikhumba okuhlobene nelanga kanye nezinkinga ezihlukahlukene zempilo. Inhloso yazo enkulu ukuvimbela kokubili ukusha kwelanga okusheshayo kanye nomonakalo wesikhumba wesikhathi eside ongakhula eminyakeni yokuchayeka elangeni.
Le mithi evikelayo isiza ekuvikeleni izimo eziningi ezinzima. Zinciphisa kakhulu ingozi yakho yokuthuthukisa umdlavuza wesikhumba, okuhlanganisa i-melanoma, i-basal cell carcinoma, kanye ne-squamous cell carcinoma. Ukusetshenziswa njalo futhi kusiza ekuvikeleni izimpawu zokuguga ngaphambi kwesikhathi njengemibimbi, amabala obudala, kanye nokuthungwa kwesikhumba okuyisikhumba.
Abantu abanezimo ezithile zezokwelapha bazuza ikakhulukazi ekusetshenzisweni okuqhubekayo kwe-sunscreen. Uma une-lupus, i-rosacea, noma usebenzisa imithi enyusa ukuzwela elangeni, izithako zokuqeda ilanga ezisetshenziswa ngaphandle zibaluleke nakakhulu empilweni yakho nasekukhululekeni kwakho.
Izithako zokuqeda ilanga zivikela isikhumba sakho ngezindlela ezimbili eziyinhloko, futhi ukuqonda lezi kungakusiza ukuthi ukhethe umkhiqizo ofanele izidingo zakho. Le mithi ithathwa njengezithako ezivikelayo eziqinile ngokulinganisela uma zisetshenziswa ngendlela efanele.
Izinto zokuvikela elangeni ezingokomzimba, ezibizwa nangokuthi izinto zokuvikela elangeni zamaminerali, ziqukethe i-zinc oxide noma i-titanium dioxide. Lezi zithako zihlala ebusweni besikhumba sakho futhi zivimba ngokoqobo imisebe ye-UV ngokuyibuyisela emuva, njengoba nje isibuko siqondisa kabusha ukukhanya.
Izinto zokuvikela elangeni zamakhemikhali zisebenza ngendlela ehlukile ngokumunca imisebe ye-UV ngaphambi kokuthi ilimaze amaseli esikhumba sakho. Izithako ezivamile zamakhemikhali zihlanganisa i-avobenzone, i-octinoxate, ne-oxybenzone, eguqula amandla e-UV abe ukushisa okungenangozi okungakhululwa kalula ngumzimba wakho.
Ukusetshenziswa okufanele kwezinto zokuvikela elangeni kubalulekile ukuze kuvikeleke ngempumelelo, futhi indlela ibaluleke njengomkhiqizo owukhethayo. Abantu abaningi basebenzisa izinto zokuvikela elangeni ezingaphansi kakhulu kunesidingo, okunciphisa kakhulu amazinga okuvikela.
Sebenzisa izinto zokuvikela elangeni ngobuningi kuzo zonke izindawo zesikhumba eziveziwe imizuzu engu-15-30 ngaphambi kokuchayeka elangeni. Udinga cishe i-ounce eyodwa (cishe izipuni ezimbili) ukuze umboze umzimba wakho wonke ngokwanele. Ungakhohlwa izindawo ezivame ukungabonwa njengezindlebe zakho, intamo, izinyawo, nangemuva lezandla zakho.
Phinda usebenzise njalo ngemva kwamahora amabili ngaphandle kokukhetha, futhi kaningi uma ubhukuda, ujuluka kakhulu, noma usula. Amafomula angamelana namanzi asadinga ukuphindwa ngemva kokubhukuda noma ukujuluka ngokweqile. Sebenzisa izinto zokuvikela elangeni ngisho nasezinsukwini ezinamafu, njengoba imisebe ye-UV ingangena emafini.
Ungasebenzisa izinto zokuvikela elangeni ngaphandle noma ngaphandle kokudla, nakuba abanye abantu abanezisu ezizwelayo bethola ukuthi ukusebenzisa izinto zokuvikela elangeni zamakhemikhali esiswini esingenalutho kungabangela isicanucanu esincane uma singeniswe ngengozi. Hlala ugeza izandla zakho kahle ngemva kokusebenzisa.
Izinto zokuvikela elangeni zenzelwe ukusetshenziswa kwansuku zonke, kwesikhathi eside kunokwelashwa kwesikhashana. Odokotela bezikhumba batusa ukusebenzisa izinto zokuvikela elangeni nsuku zonke, unyaka wonke, njengengxenye yomkhuba wakho ojwayelekile wokunakekela isikhumba.
Kufanele uqhubeke nokusebenzisa izinto zokuvikela ilanga impilo yakho yonke ukuze uvikele isikhumba sakho ngendlela engcono kakhulu. Ukulimala kwe-UV kuqongelela ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ngakho ukusetshenziswa kwansuku zonke okuqhubekayo kunikeza ukuvikeleka okungcono kakhulu kokubili ekushisweni ilanga ngokushesha kanye nezinkinga zesikhathi eside njengomdlavuza wesikhumba nokuguga ngaphambi kwesikhathi.
Ngesikhathi sokuchayeka elangeni okuphezulu, ngokuvamile phakathi kuka-10 AM no-4 PM, ukuvikela ilanga kubaluleke kakhulu. Kodwa-ke, imisebe ye-UV ingabangela umonakalo ngisho nangezinyanga zasebusika nasezinsukwini ezinamafu, okwenza ukuvikeleka unyaka wonke kube okubalulekile.
Abantu abaningi bazithola kahle izinto zokuvikela ilanga, kodwa abanye abantu bangase babe nemiphumela emincane eceleni, ikakhulukazi lapho beqala ukusebenzisa le mikhiqizo njalo. Ukuqonda ukusabela okungenzeka kungakusiza ukuthi ukhethe ukwakheka okufanele kakhulu.
Imiphumela ejwayelekile eceleni ngokuvamile imnene futhi yesikhashana. Lokhu kusabela ngokuvamile kwenzeka njengoba isikhumba sakho sizivumela kumkhiqizo:
Lokhu kusabela okuvamile ngokuvamile kulungiswa ezinsukwini ezimbalwa zokusetshenziswa okuqhubekayo. Uma ukucasuka kuqhubeka, ukushintshela ekwakhekeni okuhlukile kuvame ukusiza.
Imiphumela engavamile kodwa ebaluleke kakhulu idinga ukunakwa, nakuba ithinta kuphela iphesenti elincane labasebenzisi. Lokhu kusabela kungase kubonise ukuzwela ezithakweni ezithile:
Uma uhlangabezana nanoma yiziphi zalezi zimo ezingathi sína, yeka ukuzisebenzisa ngokushesha futhi uthintane nomhlinzeki wakho wezempilo noma udokotela wesikhumba ukuze uthole isiqondiso.
Ngenkathi ama-sunscreen agents ephephile kubantu abaningi, abantu abathile badinga ukucatshangelwa okukhethekile noma kufanele bagweme amafomula athile. Bambalwa kakhulu abantu abangakwazi ukusebenzisa noma yiluphi uhlobo lokuvikelwa kwelanga.
Izinsana ezingaphansi kwezinyanga eziyisithupha ubudala akufanele zisebenzise ama-sunscreen agents ezindaweni ezinkulu zesikhumba sazo. Isikhumba sabo singena kalula futhi sizwelana kakhulu, okwenza ukuthi bathambekele ekumuncweni kwamakhemikhali nokucasuka. Kunalokho, gcina izinsana emthunzini futhi usebenzise izingubo ezivikelayo.
Abantu abanokungezwani komzimba okwaziwayo nezithako ezithile ze-sunscreen kufanele bafunde amalebula ngokucophelela futhi bagweme izinhlanganisela ezinzima. Izinto ezivamile ezingabangela ukungezwani komzimba zihlanganisa i-para-aminobenzoic acid (PABA), amakha, kanye nezihlungi ezithile ze-UV zamakhemikhali njenge-oxybenzone.
Abantu abanezimo zesikhumba ezinzima njengokusha kwe-eczema okusebenzayo noma amanxeba avulekile kufanele baxhumane nodokotela wabo wesikhumba ngaphambi kokusebenzisa i-sunscreen ezindaweni ezithintekile. Ezinye izindlela zokwakheka zingase zithuthukise ukuvuvukala noma zilibazise ukuphulukiswa.
Ama-sunscreen agents atholakala ngaphansi kwamagama amaningi omkhiqizo, ngalinye linikeza amafomula ahlukene namazinga e-SPF. Imikhiqizo ethandwayo ihlanganisa i-Neutrogena, i-Coppertone, i-Blue Lizard, i-EltaMD, ne-La Roche-Posay.
Imikhiqizo eminingi inikeza amafomula akhethekile ezidingweni ezihlukene. Amafomula ezemidlalo anikeza ukumelana namanzi kubantu abasebenzayo, kuyilapho izinguqulo zesikhumba esizwelayo zisebenzisa izithako ezithambile. Eminye imikhiqizo igxila ezithakweni zamaminerali kuphela, kanti eminye ihlanganisa ukuvikelwa kwamakhemikhali nokomzimba.
Ama-sunscreen agents ajwayelekile nemikhiqizo yesitolo ngokuvamile aqukethe izithako ezifanayo ezisebenzayo emikhiqizweni yamagama ngezindleko eziphansi. Okubalulekile ukukhetha imikhiqizo enokuvikelwa okubanzi kanye namazinga afanele e-SPF kunokugxila kuphela emagameni omkhiqizo.
Ngenkathi izinto zokuvikela ilanga ezisetshenziswa ngaphandle zihlala ziyindlela engcono kakhulu yokuvikela i-UV, ezinye izindlela ezingasiza noma ngezinye izikhathi zingathatha indawo yokusebenzisa i-sunscreen yendabuko. Lezi zinketho zisebenza kahle uma zihlanganiswe nokusebenzisa i-sunscreen njalo.
Izithiyo zomzimba zinikeza ukuvikelwa okuhle ngaphandle kwamakhemikhali. Iz帽子 ezibanzi, amahembe anemikhono emide, kanye nezingubo ezivikela i-UV zinikeza ukuvikelwa okuthembekile ezindaweni ezimboziwe. Ukufuna umthunzi ngesikhathi samahora aphezulu elanga nakho kunciphisa kakhulu ukuchayeka ku-UV.
Ezinye izithasiselo zomlomo zithi zinikeza ukuvikelwa elangeni, kodwa lezi akufanele neze zithathe indawo yezinto zokuvikela ilanga ezisetshenziswa ngaphandle. Ngenkathi ama-antioxidants athile engase anikeze izinzuzo ezincane zokuvikela, angeke anikeze ukuvikelwa okuthembekile, okulinganisiwe okulethwa yimikhiqizo esetshenziswa ngaphandle.
Izinto zokuvikela ilanga nezingubo zokuvikela ngazinye zinezinto ezinhle ezihlukile, futhi indlela esebenza kahle kakhulu ngokuvamile ihlanganisa zombili izindlela. Akukho ngisho nenketho eyodwa enikeza ukuvikelwa okuphelele kuzo zonke izimo.
Izingubo zokuvikela zinikeza izinzuzo eziningi kunezinto zokuvikela ilanga. Izingubo ezisezingeni eliphezulu ezivikela i-UV zinikeza ukuvikelwa okuqhubekayo ngaphandle kokudinga ukusetshenziswa kabusha, ngeke zigezwe ngesikhathi sokubhukuda, futhi ziqeda ukukhathazeka mayelana nokumuncwa kwamakhemikhali noma ukuzwela kwesikhumba.
Nokho, izinto zokuvikela ilanga zivelela ezindaweni lapho ukumbozwa kwezingubo kungasebenziseki. Zivikela izindawo zesikhumba eziveziwe njengobuso bakho, izandla, nezinyawo ngempumelelo enkulu kunezimpahla zodwa. I-Sunscreen futhi ivumela ukuguquguquka okwengeziwe ekukhetheni izingubo nasemisebenzini.
Indlela ekahle isebenzisa zombili izindlela ngobuhlakani. Gqoka izingubo zokuvikela ukuze umboze umzimba omkhulu bese usebenzisa izinto zokuvikela ilanga ezindaweni eziveziwe ukuze uthole ukuvikelwa okuphelele.
Yebo, izinto zokuvikela ilanga zenzelwe ngqo ukusetshenziswa kwansuku zonke, isikhathi eside futhi zithathwa njengeziphephile kakhulu kubantu abaningi. Odokotela bezikhumba empeleni batusa ukusetshenziswa kwansuku zonke kwe-sunscreen njengesinye sezinyathelo ezibaluleke kakhulu ekuvikeleni umdlavuza wesikhumba nokuguga ngaphambi kwesikhathi.
Izinzuzo zokusetshenziswa njalo kwe-sunscreen zidlula kakhulu noma yiziphi izingozi ezincane ezivela ekumuncweni kwezithako. Izinhlangano ezinkulu zezempilo emhlabeni wonke, okuhlanganisa i-American Academy of Dermatology kanye ne-World Health Organization, zisekela ngokuqinile ukusetshenziswa kwansuku zonke kwe-sunscreen kubantu bayo yonke iminyaka.
Ukusetshenziswa kwe-sunscreen eningi ngokuvamile ngeke kubangele ingozi, nakuba kungase kuzizwe kungakhululekile noma kubonakale kukhilimu esikhumbeni sakho. Vele usule umkhiqizo owedlulele ngendwangu ehlanzekile, emanzi uma usebenzise okuningi kunokudingekayo.
Uma uhlangabezana nokucasuka kwesikhumba ngenxa yokusebenzisa okuningi, hlanza ngobumnene indawo ngensipho namanzi. Ukungakhululeki okuningi okuvela ku-sunscreen eyeqile kulungiswa ngokushesha uma ususa umkhiqizo owengeziwe. Xhumana nomhlinzeki wakho wokunakekelwa kwezempilo uma ukucasuka kuqhubeka noma kuba kubi kakhulu.
Uma ukhohlwa ukusebenzisa i-sunscreen ngaphambi kokuchayeka elangeni, yisebenzise ngokushesha nje lapho ukhumbula. Ngisho nokusetshenziswa sekwephile kunikeza ukuvikelwa okuthile, nakuba kungasebenzi kangako kunokusebenzisa ngaphambi kokuthi ukuvezwa kuqale.
Funa umthunzi ngokushesha uma ubulokhu elangeni ngaphandle kokuvikelwa futhi uqaphela ukuthi isikhumba sakho siqala ukubomvu. Sebenzisa i-sunscreen ngobuningi futhi ucabangele ukumboza izindawo eziveziwe ngezingubo noma ukufuna indawo yokukhosela endlini uma kungenzeka.
Akufanele uyeke ngokuphelele ukusebenzisa izinto zokuvikela ilanga, njengoba umonakalo we-UV uqongelela kuyo yonke impilo yakho yonke. Ngisho nabantu abadala bazuza kakhulu ekuqhubekeni nokuvikelwa elangeni ukuvimbela ukulimala kwesikhumba okuqhubekayo nokunciphisa ingozi yomdlavuza wesikhumba.
Noma kunjalo, ungalungisa isimiso sakho sokusebenzisa i-sunscreen ngokusekelwe ezingeni lezinkathi zonyaka kanye namazinga omsebenzi. Ngezinyanga zasebusika noma izikhathi zokungatholi ilanga eliningi, ungasebenzisa amafomula e-SPF aphansi noma uwasebenzise kaningi ngenkathi usagcina ukuvikeleka okuthile.
Ama-sunscreen aphelelwe yisikhathi angase angakunikezi ukuvikeleka okuthembekile futhi kufanele athathelwe indawo ngemikhiqizo emisha. Ama-sunscreen amaningi ahlala esebenza cishe iminyaka emithathu kusukela ekukhiqizweni, kodwa izithako ezisebenzayo zingancipha ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ikakhulukazi uma zivezwa ukushisa noma ukukhanya.
Hlola izinsuku zokuphelelwa yisikhathi njalo futhi ushintshe i-sunscreen esiphelelwe yisikhathi. Uma ungayitholi usuku lokuphelelwa yisikhathi, bhala usuku lokuthenga ebhodleleni bese ulishintsha ngemva kweminyaka emithathu. Ukusebenzisa i-sunscreen engasebenzi kubi kakhulu kunokwazi ukuthi awunalo ukuvikeleka.
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