IslandTribe testresults Australia 2010

IslandTribe was tested in Australia, and the results were very positive!

At the moment you enter the water, the protection of your sun protection changes. In the water, the length and the efficiency of a sunscreen is important. IslandTribe had an SPF value of 59.4 measured after 4 hours been active in the water. 
This is the highest ever measured in Australia by the Ensign Laboratories! 

 

Sunscreen

Sunscreen are chemicals that, when applied topically, keep UVR from reaching your skin. They work either by absorbing the UVR or by reflecting it. Either way, if used properly, they can keep a lot of UVR from reaching you. There are two types of sunscreens: organic and inorganic (also called physical). Organic sunscreens have been the mainstay of commercially available products for years. The term "organic" simply means that these sunscreens are composed of, among other things, carbon and hydrogen. It does not mean that they are naturally occurring and, in fact they are not. Organic sunscreens are relatively complex molecules that are to some degree absorbed into the skin.

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Sunscreen Protection Factor

SPF stands for Sunscreen Protection Factor. It is measured by determining how long a given person takes to "burn" with and without the sunscreen product on. If it takes 10 times longer with the sunscreen product then that product has a SPF of 10. If it only takes twice as long then that product has an SPF of 2. In reality, the testing labs don't really burn the test subjects they just give them enough UVR to cause the skin to turn barely red. This minimum dose is called the MED (minimal erythermal dose).

Skin type

The Skin Type system is a method commonly used to assess one's sunburn risk. There are 6 (1 - 6) skin types (see below). The lower numbers represent those people more likely to burn and the higher numers are reserved for those people with a greater degree of natural protection.

 

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Sunburn

Sunburn is caused by overexposure to UVR, mostly UVB. In fact, sunburn is almost exclusively a UVB phenomenon.This is important because it means that the SPF system measures UVB protection and not UVA (see SPF below). During a sunburn the skin turns red, swells and, in severe cases, blisters.

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