Take the Lips Quiz
Lips are for...talking and smooching and eating. Yes, they're important, but do you know how to take good care of your lips? Take this quiz to find out.
1. Your lips are part of your skin, but why do you need to treat them differently from the rest of your epidermis?
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Unlike the rest of your skin, your lips have an extremely thin outer layer, which allows moisture to evaporate more quickly. Your lips also have none or just a little melanin, the natural pigment that screens out the sun. Lips also have few sebaceous glands and produce little natural oil. And, finally, lips are almost always exposed to the elements.
4. When is sun protection for your lips important?
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It's important to protect your lips from the sun at all times. Although the level of UVB rays—those that contribute most to skin cancer—is greater in warmer months, the level of harmful UVA rays throughout the year is relatively constant. Clouds do not protect you from UVB rays. Snow does not absorb the sun's rays; it reflects about 90 percent of them.
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