NOAH-Sun Protection Sun Protection Adults and children with albinism can enjoy outdoor activities by using sunscreens and planning their exposure to the sun. The American public has become aware of the risks of sun exposure- premature aging of the skin and skin cancers. This new awareness has brought with it new sunscreen products and information useful to people with albinism. It is an invisible part of the light spectrum of the sun, the ultraviolet light, that damages skin.
Experts now assert that any tan represents damage to the skin.
Some claim SPF values over 50. . The number comes from a standard test in a laboratory. The test measures the time people wearing a standard amount of sunscreen can stay under a standard ultraviolet lamp without getting a sunburn, compared to the time with no sunscreen. In theory, if a person could stay in the sun 10 minutes without burning with no sunscreen, he or she could wear an SPF 20 sunscreen to stay in the sun 20 times 10 minutes or 200 minutes. . In actual use, a sunscreen may not provide as much protection as expected from its SPF rating, largely because people do not apply enough.