sun safety & Sun Protection Clothing

With over 9,000 deaths a year, in the United States, all contributed to skin cancer, sun safety is becoming more and more important. As the warm weather nears, many people start to enjoy outdoor sports and activities such as:

•  swimming

•  boating

•  surfing

•  water skiing

To help prevent skin damage from prolonged exposure to harmful sun rays, many people are choosing to wear sun protection shirts, including rash guards . Sun protection clothes and rashguards come in many different styles including:

•  sun protection swim wear

•  sun protection shirt

•  rash guard shirts

•  long sleeve rash guards

Sun protection swim wear is available for men, women, and children. Men and women's spf clothing and sun protection swim wear are available in many different styles. A men or women's rashguard is available in a full body suit, shorts with a shirt, and just a rash guard shirt . There are different styles of sun protection clothing to fit any individual need.

Most SPF clothing is made from a rash resistant material, that is designed to be used in the water, and dries quickly. The chlorine resistant fabric not only provides your skin with protection against an irritating rash, but will provide you with the best sun protection available. The special fabric provides UPF 50 plus, which blocks up to 97 percent of the sun's harmful rays.

Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States of America. At least 90 percent of all skin cancers can be attributed to the sun. No matter what your skin complexation or skin tone, everyone who spends prolonged time in the sun is at risk for skin cancer. Wearing a rash guard shirt , or some sort of sun protective clothes will greatly decrease your chances of getting skin cancer. And unlike popular sun screens that promise complete sun protection, SPF clothing does not wash off in the water, no matter how long you stay in the water, or have active you are in the water.

Since younger Americans tend to spend the most time in the sun, they are most suseptible to getting skin cancer. Wearing sun protection swim wear can not only reduce their risk of cancer, they are fashionable and designed to be form fitting, so they are comfortable and will not interfere with activity. Besides wearing sun protective clothes , some helpful tips for sun safety include:

•  set time limits in the direct sun

•  spend time in the shade