Prologue

The Sun

• A ray of sunlight
• Ultraviolet rays: the ultras
• The ozone layer: the first filter
  • Ozone: the unstable trio
  • The "hole" in the ozone layeo
• Solar radiation at sun level
• The ultraviolet index: solar prediction

Skin and the sun

• The skin, our own particular atmosphere
• The suntan: life and color
  • Why do we get a tan? Forewarned is forearmed
  • The phototype: palefaces and redskins
  • What colour is God's skin?
  • UVA tanning beds: A harmless resource?
  • Self-bronzing creams and lotions: shade here, shade there
• For better and for worse, in sickness and in health
  • The benefits of sunbathing
  • Vitamin D: the solar vitamin
  • Burnt skin
  • Solar skin aging: photo-aging
  • Cancer skin-deep

Photoprotection: the guardian angel

• What to wear: clothing, hats and glasses
• Suncreams and lotions
  • The sun protection factor: the dance of numbers
  • Creams with filtering
  • Health, beauty and vigor, sun filter every day
• Photoprotection in childhood. Girls first
• Internal photoprotection. Solar diet

Common sense sunbathing. Under a burning sun