PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - LEONHARD ZASTROW
AU  - JÜRGEN LADEMANN
TI  - Light - Instead of UV Protection: New Requirements for Skin Cancer Prevention
DP  - 2016 Mar 01
TA  - Anticancer Research
PG  - 1389--1393
VI  - 36
IP  - 3
4099  - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/36/3/1389.short
4100  - http://ar.iiarjournals.org/content/36/3/1389.full
SO  - Anticancer Res2016 Mar 01; 36
AB  - The requirements on sunscreens have essentially changed, since some years ago it was demonstrated that approximately 50% of free radicals, that are formed in the skin by solar radiation, originate from the visible and infrared regions of the solar spectrum. In addition, a critical radical concentration threshold could be found. If this concentration, the free radical threshold value (FRTV), is exceeded, sunburn, immunosuppression and skin cancer may develop. Application of sunscreens and lotions protects against sunburn in the UV region of the solar spectrum and therefore is frequently used to extend people's stay in the sun. However, this behaviour can enhance the concentration of free radicals formed in the visible and infrared regions of the solar spectrum, so that the critical radical threshold is exceeded and the skin may be damaged.