European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                I choosing the right sunscreen by Deborah Blumenthal new York times sly .vaftyf7c--l  of p 0.  for a j creams Lac r.f.tisonlr.9 co Ino Orr a  Lor diff rented ii type5  cd .1 of Oparin or. Lor Iho Eyo Aron a old in. Prodoc s ih3t arc  or .  made a Ceca Lylor children and coloured Noso coatings and lip protectors in flashy red Pink yellow Orange Blue and Green. Most Sun Protection products absorb the Sun s ultraviolet b rays which Are largely to blame Lor burning and skin cancer. Bui a a Only fall Short of screening out the longer ultraviolet a rays which penetrate deeper cause premature aging and can Lead to skin cancer. Tho Sun protective actor or spa indicates How Well a product screens out b rays. A Factor of 2, Lor example indicates that the product doubles the Lime it normally lakes unprotected skin to turn red. Some products now go All the Way up to spa 50, close to Iho eclipse level. No matter How easily you Tan dermatologists uniformly recommend thai everyone use a product with a protective Factor of 15 or higher. No one goes wrong by choosing the More potent products and using them generously year round on skin that is exposed to Sun ideally a Lour ounce tube should provide four applications but research by plough the maker of Coppertone and other Sun screens has shown that most people Stoml on sunscreens buying just Over two bottles or lubes a year. You re much better off using a lot of a lower spa sunscreen than not enough of one with a higher  said or Stephen Brill Kurlin a dermatologist in Manhattan. One product will work for both face and body. The Only advantage to lip and Eye products is thai they Are Waxiler and adhere better. The need Lor going much above 15 is debated. Some doctors say that products with higher ratings May Ward Oil Sun damage that leads to aging of Tho skin. But other experts like Heinz j. Eiermann the director of the division of colors and cosmetics in the Fra Are dubious Eiermann said a Factor of 15 More than suffices for most people. Most sunscreens use relatives of Paba Para amino Benzoic acid to absorb b rays the most widely used is pad Imale 0 Clyl dim Ethyl Paba. Bui people who Are allergic to such ingredients should use products marked Paba  which usually contain Winnar Nalcus. Cinn amate appears on the Label in an ing Redions name and the formulas Are about As effective As Paba some people Are allergic to one Paba compound and not to another. And Iho reaction May actually be to other ingredients like fragrances or preservatives according to the skin cancer foundation a non profit group Patch testing on the skin can show whether Paba is the culprit. The Best Protection against both a and b ultraviolet rays is provided by products marked Broad  the most effective chemical Uva absorbers in wide use Are the Benzophenone a and b rays can also be blocked physically with Zinc oxide though it is too thick and Greasy to be used anywhere but the nose and lips. Parsol 1789 which is considered better Al absorbing a rays than Benzophenone and has been used Lor several years in Europe is being marketed in a sunscreen recently approved by the Fra. The sunscreen photo plex made by Herbert laboratories has a protective Factor of 15 some dermatologists Are offering it qualified Praise. It a on \ i _ pro  b it in a  a i a  e. On top cd lie. -.0 . Not i if c u  l i\w.\?. I a in. University of Ari on3 and a  a and biological chemistry at the Johns Hopkins schoo Tol Medicine in Baltimore. The stars and stripes Page 17