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Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 724
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 724
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I am photosensitive big time. I cannot use a sunscreen above 15. So my main defense against the sun is Solumbra cloth clothing and/or thick dense clothing when it's cold enough to wear the thick things. I have a wardrobe of Solumbra cloth clothing from Sun Precautions. I am very sensitive to some fabrics. Ordinarily a synthetic like Solumbra would bother me. But it doesn't. I usually wear a t-shirt under it, however, so I won't have to keep washing the shirts if a sweat. I have wide brim hats which I wear with an additional Solumbra scarf around my head to protect the areas not covered by the brim. I wear shirts, pants, skirts in Solumbra, and either Solumbra gloves or very thick dark gloves when driving. This is an obvious solution but people resist it because they think the Solumbra cloth is expensive or not attractive. Sun Precaution clothing IS attractive, although you may have to return a few things for exchanges if they do not suit your body type of color type.
I have found them so satisfactory that I don't even try the other brands which say they have SPF clothing, because why fuss with something that works?
My favorite hats are the roll-brims, which come in many colors and have 4 inch brims. I may try a 6-inch brim, although that seems like a really big hat, but they are attractive and I've had many compliments. People think I'm odd because I'm covered up by they are used to me now. Anyone with any sense in our dry sunny climate wears hats ANY time they go out, whether or not they are sun sensitive.
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