UV Protective Clothing Helps Keep Skin Safe

Summer is here again and with it we have the heat and the sun.  It is a great time of year to enjoy the outdoors, but it is important to take precautions to keep yourself safe.  In addition to applying sunblock and wearing sunglasses is important to wear UV protective clothing to protect your body where you don’t apply sunblock.
  
Standard light-colored, light and airy summer clothing is actually not good enough when the sun is scorching outdoors.  Studies have shown that UV protective clothing is one of the most proven ways to protect against skin cancer.  Many typical cotton T-shirts and light-weight fabrics can allow 50% of damaging ultraviolet rays through to your skin.

UV protective clothing is specially created to protect you from the negative effects of the sun when you are outdoors.  Here are multiple reasons why you should purchase UV clothing.  According to the National Cancer Institute, overexposure to sun is the most common cause of skin cancer in the United States.

One out of five US Residents will get skin cancer in their lifetime.  More than a million new cases of skin cancer will be diagnosed this year in the US.  Melanoma, a lethal kind of skin cancer is the most common among individuals twenty five to twenty nine.  It is the second most common type of cancer in the age group of fifteen to twenty nine.   Once every 62 minutes a US citizen United States citizen  dies because of Melanoma. 

You can protect yourself by wearing UV protective clothing.  No matter what part of the country or the globe you live in it is imperative to shield your skin from the sun’s damaging rays.  Summer, Spring, Winter or Fall, the sun emits damaging Ultra Violet rays that can damage your skin causing premature aging or even skin cancer.  All garmets are certified to be UV protective by the Australian/New Zealand Standard 4399 (AS/NZS 4399) based on a combination of protection and comfort.  Take care of your skin with UV protection clothing.