Pehea e wehewehe ai i nā lepili pale lā

Makemake au e haʻi aku iā ʻoe i kēia, akā ʻaʻole lawa ka lawe ʻana i kekahi pale lā kahiko mai ka hale kūʻai lāʻau lapaʻau a kau i kou ʻili. No ka hōʻoia ʻana e koho ana ʻoe i ke ʻano kūpono no kou ʻano ʻili a me nā pono (a me ka hoʻohana pono ʻana!), pono ʻoe e heluhelu mua i ka lepili o kēlā me kēia huahana. Maikaʻi a maikaʻi a ʻike ʻoe ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike i ke ʻano o nā huaʻōlelo leo leo ma ka lepili. E haʻi i ka ʻoiaʻiʻo: ʻike anei ʻoe i ke ʻano kūhelu o nā huaʻōlelo e like me "Broad Spectrum" a me "SPF"? Pehea e pili ana i ka "paʻa wai" a me ka "haʻuki"? Inā ʻae ka pane, a laila mahalo iā ʻoe! E hoʻomau, e hoʻomau. Inā ʻaʻole ka pane, makemake ʻoe e heluhelu i kēia. Ma lalo nei mākou e kaʻana like i kahi papa hana i ka wehewehe ʻana i nā lepili pale lā. ʻAʻole ʻo ia wale nō! I ka manawa wale no ke kauwela, ke kaʻana like nei mākou i nā hana maikaʻi loa no ke koho ʻana i kahi pale lā e hiki ke hāʻawi i kou ʻili i ka pale e pono ai a, ʻoiaʻiʻo, pono.

He aha ka BROAD SPECTRUM SUN CREAM?

Ke ʻōlelo ka pale lā i ka "Broad Spectrum" ma ka lepili, ʻo ia ka mea e hiki ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i kou ʻili mai nā kukuna UVA a me UVB ʻino o ka lā. Ma ke ʻano he mea hōʻoluʻolu, hiki i nā kukui UVA ke kōkua i nā hōʻailona mua o ka ʻelemakule ʻike ʻia, e like me nā wrinkles ʻike ʻia a me nā wahi makahiki. ʻO nā kukuna UVB, ma ka ʻaoʻao ʻē aʻe, ke kuleana nui o ka lā a me nā pōʻino ʻili ʻē aʻe. Ke hāʻawi aku ka pale lā i ka pale ākea ākea, hiki iā ia ke kōkua i ka pale ʻana i nā hōʻailona ʻike ʻia o ka ʻelemakule mua o ka ʻili, ka lā, a me ka maʻi maʻi ʻili ke hoʻohana ʻia me nā mea pale ʻē aʻe. (Psst - maikaʻi loa kēlā!).

He aha ka SPF?

ʻO SPF ke kū nei no ka "sun protection factor". ʻO ka helu e pili ana me SPF, inā he 15 a i ʻole 100, e hoʻoholo i ka nui o ka UV (nā kukuna wela) hiki ke kōkua i ka kānana. No ka laʻana, ʻōlelo ka American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) hiki iā SPF 15 ke kānana i 93% o nā kukuna UVB o ka lā, aʻo SPF 30 hiki ke kānana i ka 97% o nā kukuna UVB o ka lā.

HEAHA KA WATERPROOF SUN CREAM?

Nīnau nui! No ka hiki i ka hou a me ka wai ke holoi i ka pale lā mai ko mākou ʻili, ua hoʻomohala nā mea hana i nā pale pale wai ʻole, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻoi aku ka paʻa o ke ʻano ma ka ʻili pulu no kekahi manawa. He wai wai kekahi mau huahana a hiki i 40 mau minuke i ka wai, a hiki i kekahi ke noho i ka wai a hiki i 80 mau minuke. E nānā i ka lepili o kāu pale lā no nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo no ka hoʻohana pono ʻana. No ka laʻana, inā maloʻo ʻoe i ke kāwele ma hope o ka ʻauʻau ʻana, pono ʻoe e hoʻopili hou i ka pale lā, no ka mea, e hoʻopau ʻia i ke kaʻina hana.

ʻŌlelo a ka Lunahooponopono: I ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi pale pale wai wai, e hoʻopaʻa hou i ke ʻano i kēlā me kēia ʻelua hola, ʻoiai inā maloʻo kou ʻili.

He aha ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ke kemika a me ke kino o ka lā?

Hiki ke pale i ka lā ma nā ʻano kumu ʻelua: pale kino kino a me ke kino. ʻO ka pale lā kino, i hana pinepine ʻia me nā mea hana e like me ka titanium dioxide a/a i ʻole ka zinc oxide, kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka ʻili ma ka ʻike ʻana i nā kukuna o ka lā mai ka ʻili o ka ʻili. ʻO ka pale lā kemika, i hana pinepine ʻia me nā mea hoʻoikaika e like me ka octocrylene a i ʻole avobenzone, kōkua i ka pale ʻana i ka ʻili ma ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā kukuna UV. Aia kekahi mau pale lā i hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ma ke ʻano o nā sunscreens kino a me nā kemika ma muli o kā lākou haku mele ʻana. 

He aha ka manaʻo o ka "PEBE" ma luna o ka ʻilima lā?

ʻAʻole i wehewehe ka FDA i ka huaʻōlelo "nā keiki" no ka pale lā. ʻO ka ʻōlelo maʻamau, ke ʻike ʻoe i kēia huaʻōlelo ma ka lepili pale lā, ʻo ia ka mea aia paha ka titanium dioxide a/a i ʻole zinc oxide i ka pale lā, ʻaʻole hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki i ka ʻili paʻakikī o ke keiki.

He aha ka "SPORT" MA KA LALA?

E like me "nā keiki," ʻaʻole i wehewehe ka FDA i ka huaʻōlelo "sport" no ka pale lā. Wahi a Consumer Reports, ʻo nā huahana "haʻuki" a me nā huahana "ʻeleu" ʻoi aku ka hou a / a i ʻole ka wai a hiki ke hoʻonāukiuki i kou mau maka. Inā kānalua, e nānā i ka lepili.

NA HANA OI 

Manaʻo wau i kēia manawa ua loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻike maikaʻi i kekahi o nā huaʻōlelo maʻamau i hoʻohana ʻia ma nā lepili pale lā. Ma mua o kou hele ʻana i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a hoʻāʻo i kāu ʻike hou e pili ana i kēia kumuhana, aia kekahi mau mea hou e hoʻomanaʻo. ʻO ka mea mua, ʻaʻohe pale lā e hiki ke kānana i ka 100% o nā kukuna UV o ka lā. No laila, he mea nui e ʻaʻahu i nā lole pale, e ʻimi i ka malu, a e pale i nā hola kiʻekiʻe o ka lā (10am a 4pm ke ikaika loa nā kukuna o ka lā) me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka pale lā. Eia kekahi, ʻoiai ka helu SPF e noʻonoʻo wale i nā kukuna UVB, he mea nui ia e pale aku i nā kukuna UVA like ʻole. No ka uhi ʻana i kāu mau kumu a pau, ʻōlelo ʻo AAD i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi ākea ākea SPF o 30 a ʻoi aku paha i ka wai. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, ʻo ka hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻana o ka pale lā ma kahi o hoʻokahi auneke— lawa e hoʻopiha ai i ke aniani pana—e uhi i nā ʻāpana kino. He ʻokoʻa paha kēia helu ma muli o kou nui. ʻO ka hope, e hoʻopili hou i ka nui like o ka pale lā i kēlā me kēia ʻelua hola, a i ʻole e ʻoi aku ka nui inā ʻoe e hoʻoluhi nui a kāwele paha.