Learn how to protect yourself from the Sun.

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Ashley: Skin protection is necessary all year long. Hi, welcome to watchmojo.com, I am your host Ashley and today I am going to find out my sun protection profile. I will give you guys some safe sun tips on how to reduce kin damage. So what is UV rays? Marie-Josée Pépin: We are talking about the UVA and the UVB. The UVA is more common for aging the skin, the UVB is the more powerful ray. This is the ray that cause also the burns, the sun burns, and it could cause also skin cancer. Ashley: What does the UV Index exactly mean? Marie-Josée Pépin: The UV index goes from zero until ten, for example, if the UV is at eight today, you are going to have to get sun protection at least SPF-30. Ashley: What are the best methods to practice safe sun? Marie-Josée Pépin: Very simple. Wear a hat, sun glasses, and you also have to get the good cream for your type of skin. Ashley: So can you tell us a little about how does the UV camera works? Marie-Josée Pépin: Yeah, we only take a picture, we have a better idea of what is the damage caused to your skin with all the years. Ashley: Lets give it a try. Marie-Josée Pépin: Yeah, good! First I have to get your skin type. Okay, so you are very blond? Ashley: No, very dark. Marie-Josée Pépin: No, very dark and do you tan well? Ashley: yes. Marie-Josée Pépin: Yes, okay. So do you burn first? No, you don't burn first. Okay, so I am going to calibrate the machine. Okay, so this is calibrated now. Okay, one, two, three, go! Voila! And that's over. We will get your result in about 45 seconds to one minute. We can see sun damage right on the nose, over here, and on the on the cheek too. Near the lips, it's darker too. So we can see the damages that are caused in the past with the sun. So, under two millimeter, under your skin, we can see that. This convinces people, at least to wear a hat, sun glasses, and you also have to get the good cream for your type of skin. The skin damage is there, but you can stop it with all this prevention.