Base tan myth busted: Can it protect you from the sun without sunscreens?
Dr Trupti D Agarwal, Consultant Dermatologist, Kokilaben Hospital, Mumbai, clears the air on a social media trend
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Dr Trupti D Agarwal, Consultant Dermatologist, Kokilaben Hospital, Mumbai, clears the air on a social media trend
Breathe more heavily and have a higher content of carbon dioxide in their breath and body heat is a factor and pregnant women have a higher body heat and if you exercise again more likely. >> moving on, if you get a base tarn that prevents sunburn. >> that is a myth. now, there is some truth to that in that a base tan will give you about an spf of 4 so if you normally burn in 20 minutes you'll now burn in 80. however, what are we trying to protect against? we're trying to protect against uv damage. uv damage causes skin cancer and premature aging. the base tan does the same exact thing so you'...
Wear that big brimmed hat out there. >> how do you know. i just got sunglasses it said there were no instructions about spf. >> if it didn't say it get rid of them. >> you should ask when you go into the store f. you go into a store where there's an optician they can tell you. >> a lot of people say you need to get a base tan to stop from burning. >> that is fiction. we talk a lot about how tanning salons increase risk of skin cancer dramatically. they breakdown skin you get wrijs and aging. you don't want a baseline tan. you don't want to get it in the sun or tanning salon. you have a problem...
a penalty, not a tax. >> the law is clear. it's called a penalty. >> the massive so-called tax increase they're talking about is the freeloader penalty. >> people who can buy health insurance should take responsibility to do so. >> i'm saying it was set up as a penalty for people who choose not to buy insurance. >> it's a penalty. >> whatever you call it a mandate or a tax, it's a penalty. >> in case you missed it, it's a penalty and not a tax. that's what's being said, right? as for the republican side, any time is tax time. >> it's a tax increase. it's a massive tax increase on the...
>> the law is clear. it's called a penalty. >> the massive so-called tax increase they're talking about is the freeloader penalty. >> people who can buy health insurance should take responsibility to do so. >> i'm saying tks was set up as a penalty for people who chose not to buy insurance. >> it's a penalty. >> whatever you call it a mandate or a tax, it's a penalty. >> in case you missed it, it's a penalty and not a tax. that's what's being said, right? as for the republican side, any time is tax time. >> it's a tax increase. it's a massive tax increase on the middle class. >> that...