https://www.skincancer.org/blog/dress-to-protect-5-things-that-affect-how-well-your-clothes-block-uv-rays/ Education, prevention, early detection, and treatment of skin cancer Wed, 09 Aug 2023 18:26:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.skincancer.org/blog/dress-to-protect-5-things-that-affect-how-well-your-clothes-block-uv-rays/#comment-209 Fri, 31 Jan 2020 16:23:54 +0000 https://blog.skincancer.org/?p=496#comment-209 […] addition to covering up with clothing, you can seek shade and avoid peak sun hours (10 AM to 4 PM) to help you sidestep additional sun […]

]]> https://www.skincancer.org/blog/dress-to-protect-5-things-that-affect-how-well-your-clothes-block-uv-rays/#comment-40 Thu, 30 Aug 2018 13:16:48 +0000 https://blog.skincancer.org/?p=496#comment-40 […] addition to covering up with clothing, you can seek shade and avoid peak sun hours (10 AM to 4 PM) to help you sidestep additional sun […]

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]]> https://www.skincancer.org/blog/dress-to-protect-5-things-that-affect-how-well-your-clothes-block-uv-rays/#comment-38 Tue, 03 Oct 2017 14:35:55 +0000 https://blog.skincancer.org/?p=496#comment-38 […] turns out a variety of factors can impact the UPF of your clothing. The average UPF of a cotton or linen  t-shirt is about 5, which means it allows 1/5th of the […]

]]> https://www.skincancer.org/blog/dress-to-protect-5-things-that-affect-how-well-your-clothes-block-uv-rays/#comment-37 Tue, 29 Aug 2017 18:34:05 +0000 https://blog.skincancer.org/?p=496#comment-37 […] and protective clothing should always be used in conjunction with sunless tanners,” she says. “They don’t provide […]

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