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Stay Sun Safe on Your Staycations – Make SPF Your BFF

LloydsPharmacy Ireland @ 2021-05-27 16:58:11 +0100

Some sun safe tips to keep in mind from LloydsPharmacy Superintendent Pharmacist, Denis O’Driscoll LloydsPharmacy Research finds 66% of People Aren’t Wearing Sunscreen During the Summer Months Ireland isn’t renowned for its sunny weather, but when it comes to SPF, that doesn’t matter. With 12,000 cases of Non-melanoma skin cancer (NMSC) diagnosed in Ireland each year and sun exposure acting as the main risk factor we should be wearing SPF all year round to protect our skin from harmful UVA and UVB rays. However, LloydsPharmacy research finds that not only are people not wearing it all year round, just over...