Evening star., 1936-07-04
TYPES GOVERN TAN
Ultraviolet Rays Are Capricious in Treat
ment of Blonds, Brunettes, Rash
Summer Enthusiasts.

phasize is that person ought to get
burned quickly by lying for hours
under the blazing sun. Nothing could
be farther from the truth. Persons
with sensitive skin often get burns
that put them in bed for two or three
weeks at a stretch For a bad sun
burn affects the skin exactly like a
burn resulting from direct contact
with fire.
Yes, it is folly for the average per-
son to lie stripped in the sun. in the
terrific heat of the Summer between
the hours of 10 am. and pm. Sun
baths, as mentioned earlier. must be
taken gradually and progressively.
Wisest plan for Mr.. and Mrs. Average
American, says the Health Service. is
to start your acquaintance with Old
Sol by exposing the entire body for
only 10 to Is minutes the first day
and extend the dose by five addi-
tional minutes every day thereafter
for the next 10 or II days. II your
skin isn't too sensitive, by this time
your body ought to be ready for ex-
posure for several hours a day.
During the first 10 days. and. in
fact. at all times when lying directly
in the sun. a person should be careful
to protect his eyes. Dark glasses will
do the trick.
Even If you're not blond. you
might be one Of those unlucky souls
who burn" rather than tan. II so.
you must be exceedingly cautious in
taking sun baths. In fact. there are
plenty of folks whose bodies are so
sensitive to light that they ought to
cross sun baths of their list of out
door sports. But. as rule, the SEN
Sitive-skin folks can enjoy sun baths
without harm if they take them in the
earlier morning before 10I and late
Afternoon hours fafter g. and avoid
the midday heat. Which, after all.
is wise rule for the average person
to follow.
How can you tell off hand, II Old
Sol is going to treat you rough?
There's no sur-fire method. the health
know positively that there are certain
undeniable evidences of over-exposure:
Headache, fatigue, dizziness and irrita-
bility.
Most of us have long thought that.
in order to get the full benefits of
sunshine, we ought to lie in the hot
sun. But it's silly notion, the Fed
eral experts point out. Another
widely accepted fallacy is that little
benefit is to be derived from sun
baths unless they result in a tanned
skin. The real truth is. as determined
conclusively by a long series Of tests
and observations, that the rays of
sunlight ultra violet that produce
the desired chemical changes in the
body are not the heat rays There
fore, the mere intensity of the suns
heat has nothing whatever to do with
the benefits to be derived from sun
light. So it is by no means necessary
to acquire a bronzed skin, however
stylish or attractive this may be, in
order to derive health from sun
bathing.
But If you still insist on getting a
coat of tan. then don't accept any
casual advice about the best method.
Instead study these facts carefully
gathered during the Federal investi-
cation and act accordingly:
THERE are four distinct types Of
white. Of Caucasian skin-the
brunette. the blond. the sandy haired
and dry-skinned. and lastly, the clear
skin associated with deep red hair.
Each reacts differently to the suns
rays.
AS is well known, brunettcs have a
laugh on their blond rivals in the
matter of sunburn. For a dark skin
as a rule produces a protective pig
ment ano therefore doesn't burn so
readily. Sandy-haired folks should
be satisfied with very few sun-haths,
FOR otherwise they'll develop innumer-
able freckles As for those with Titan
hair. they first freckle and then tan.
So they're wise If they exercise ex-
treme care.
Naturally the brunette best stands
excessive sunlight. If one studies the
compilations in various lands 1t will
be seen that the natives OF the not
sunny climates are deeply pigmenrcd.
while blonds flourish in cold and less
sunny countries.
But while most of these facts are
fairly. well known, there are others
that are not generally recognized, or,
perhaps. overlooked in the present
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