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By Abigale Paterniti, Staff Writer<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

 According to John Hopkins Medicine, M.D. Anna Lien-Lun Chien, SPF is crucial because it is important for preventing sun spots, skin cancer, and burns, especially on a hot day when the UV index is high. It should have the same priority in your everyday routine as brushing your teeth or washing your hair. To get a better understanding of what people really think about sunscreen, a group of sophomores at River Hill High School provided their opinions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first question is, what are some benefits of sunscreen? Sophomore Samara Winrose confidently states, \u201cI won’t get burned.\u201d However, sophomore Sharvi Wankhade shares why there is more of a science behind \u201cnot getting burned.\u201d \u201cThe biggest benefit for me is the protection against UV rays,\u201d Sharvi remarks, and Hopkins would agree. The real benefit of sunscreen is the protection it gives against the sun, specifically UV rays, that limits the severity of sunburns, or from even getting burned at all. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sophomore Emily Jones, a swimmer for Harper\u2019s Choice, has a lot of experience with using sunscreen. Her response showcases the benefits of sunscreen and goes one step further,   \u201cThe benefits of sunscreen are preventing skin cancer, wrinkles and uneven skin tone, and dark spots.\u201d Experts agree with Emily, as, according to John Hopkins Medicine, \u201cWearing sunscreen is one of the best \u2014 and easiest \u2014 ways to protect your skin\u2019s appearance and health at any age. Used regularly, sunscreen helps prevent sunburn, skin cancer, and premature aging.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Students at River Hill prioritize sun protection to varying degrees when asked, How often do they use sunscreen? All three sophomores remarked that they \u201cuse it every day,\u201d yet they also mentioned that they use it in store bought moisturizers<\/em> that have<\/em> SPF in them. So, the real question is whether people use enough sunscreen in their everyday routine, even if they understand the benefits. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

 Even when people have an understanding of the benefits of sunscreen, and use it every day, there is still the problem that the moisturizers people use do not have high enough levels of SPF. \u201cFor day-to-day use, pick a sunscreen with an SPF of at least 30\u201d (Hopkins Medicine). Similarly, Cynthia Bailey, a board-certified dermatologist, says, \u201cIn an SPF 15, you\u2019re blocking about 93 percent of the UVB\u2026at SPF 30, you\u2019re blocking 97 percent, and at SPF 50, you\u2019re blocking 98 percent. When you get up to 30, you\u2019re pretty much there.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This leads into the final question: what are the popular everyday moisturizer sunscreens that people are using, and what are their SPFs?  While some may choose higher-priced sunscreens like Supergoop and Coola. Emily, who has been a swimmer for a long portion of her life, and therefore has more experience with applying sunscreen not only on her face but also on her body on a daily basis says, \u201cI like Banana Boat Sport Ultra, especially when I\u2019m swimming.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Supergoop and Coola face sunscreens almost all have an SPF of 40, however they are very pricy, for a 1.7 fl oz of face sunscreen from Supergoop, the cost is $40 dollars. From Coola, a 1.7 fl oz bottle of face sunscreen with a SPF of 50 costs $32 dollars.  On the other hand, Banana Boat Sunscreen is drastically cheaper, a 2 fl oz bottle of face sunscreen with a SPF of 50 from Target is only $10.99. Even though the cost of sunscreen varies, the SPF value is what truly matters. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

All in all, the conclusion is drawn that to receive the benefits of sunscreen, it is evident from research and public insight, that one must first be educated on the benefits of sunscreen, and use affordable, high SPF sunscreen every day, to sustain healthy skin in the long term.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Abigale Paterniti, Staff Writer  According to John Hopkins Medicine, M.D. Anna Lien-Lun Chien, SPF is crucial because it is important for preventing sun spots, skin cancer, and burns, especially on a hot day when the UV index is high. It should have the same priority in your everyday routine as brushing your teeth or…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25,"featured_media":3994,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[280,286,269,211,285,416,986,417],"class_list":["post-3993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-feature","tag-feature","tag-journalism","tag-rhhs","tag-river-hill","tag-river-hill-high-school","tag-skincare","tag-spf","tag-sunscreen"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/sephora-content-platform-_f5070b05-833c-49f5-9559-df6e07f6323b.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3993"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3996,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3993\/revisions\/3996"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/riverhillcurrent.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}