Protect your children from the sun with the "superprotector" app
Sunbathing is fashionable. When summer comes, we all like to get dark, but Very few of us do it properly and with caution. Actually, it can be said that babies and children are most protected from the sun, but even when they reach the age of 10 years, parents neglect their sun protection.
This was stated by Elena Segura, Coordinator of Prevention and Health Promotion of the AECC (The Spanish Association Against Cancer): "A 35% of parents, from that age, neglect the care of their children with respect to the sun."
Skin cancer or menaloma is the most aggressive, and is growing at a brutal volume in Spain. Lack of information, ignorance and fashion Thousands of people are exposed to the sun without taking appropriate measures, especially those between the ages of 16 and 24.
"Superprotector": the application that protects from the sun
To encourage the care of children from solar radiation, The latest invention has been a mobile application. It is based on a game for parents and children that mixes action and tips to protect you from the sun. Preventing is the best way to fight against skin cancer, and what better way to create awareness than doing it in a fun way.
In the game, children have to try to get objects as quickly as possible to protect them from the sun. It is a free application for Apple and Android, available in four languages: Spanish, Catalan, Basque and Galician. The objective that you want to achieve with this application is that children learn to appreciate how important it is to prevent the sun and to take care of themselves without having to be parents chasing them with the cream on the beach.
Ways to protect yourself from the sun
With Superprotector, children will learn what is necessary to protect themselves from the sun, such as using high sunscreen creams. There is a mistaken belief about high protection sun creams, because it is thought that with a cream like this it is impossible to get dark. Before this, Dr. Segura affirms the opposite, that is to say, that with the creams of high protection the tan is acquired, on the other hand without protection or with a cream of very low intensity, you only burn. Therefore, it is recommended that we use creams depending on the texture of our skin.
Other recommendations according to the AECC for parents and children to protect themselves from the sun are:
- Bronze shape slow and progressive.
- Use Sunglasses.
- Hats and shirts for activities in full sun.
- Sunbathing during the hours adequate.
Further, you have to keep in mind that the skin has memory, so that the earlier you take the sun inadequately, without protection and causing burns, the more likely you are to have skin cancer.
Ana Vázquez Recio