FAQ

  • Dr. Jen’s UVRx are constructed to protect you from the sun during outdoor athletic endeavors. When it’s light, wear them right! Keep them on during your post-workout activities – errands, shopping, lunch. Pull them up above the wrist if you need to wash your hands, eat or need more free movement of your hands, but pull them down again for the duration of your outdoor exposure.

  • Dr. Jen will tell you that sunscreen is the last resort for protection if you want to have beautiful skin. Do not rely on sunscreen for UV protection, especially when out for hours without the possibility of reapplying it. Stick to the shady areas and protect yourself with something physically reliable.

    Dr. Jen treats hundreds of patients with precancerous and cancerous lesions of their skin. Melanoma is on the rise and is life-threatening. Protecting yourself from skin cancer can be lifesaving! Dr. Jen always stresses the importance of sun protection to her patients, but yet she diagnoses dozens of Melanomas each year in her patients that “love the sun” and “love being outdoors.”

  • Wear the sleeves any time you will be exposed to the sun.

  • UPF stands for Ultraviolet Protection Factor, a rating system on fabrics that is similar to the SPF (Sun Protection Factor) system rating sunscreen. It measures the amount of UVA and UVB penetration through fabrics and thus can rate how well the skin is protected from the sun.

    A rating of UPF 30 means that 1/30th of the skin’s rays will penetrate the product, or that it would take 30 times longer for the skin to turn red wearing the clothing compared to no coverage at all. The higher the number, the better.

  • SPF stands for Sun Protection Factor, a rating system on sunscreens. As UPF, the UVA and UVB penetration is measured and rates how well these rays are blocked from the skin.

    The higher the rating, the better. Anything with SPF 15 is adequate as not much more is blocked beyond that. Studies show that SPF 15 blocks about 94% of UVB rays; an SPF 30 blocks 97% and an SPF 45 blocks about 98%.

  • Basal Cell Carcinoma is the most common, then Squamous Cell Carcinoma, then Melanoma. Both Basal and Squamous Cell cancers and other non melanoma skin cancers are directly correlated to one’s cumulative sun exposure, with light-skinned individuals being the most susceptible. Three million American will be diagnosed with skin cancer this year.

    Almost 200,000 cases of Melanoma will be diagnosed this year, half of which are invasive and life-threatening. Melanoma cases are on the rise, doubling in a period of 29 years between 1982 and 2011. 1/3 of melanoma deaths per year are in women but early detection is highly treatable and even curable!