Homunculus
Contributor
hello all,
my wife has a skin that is susceptible to melasma which is a medical term for dark skin spots. She is very sensitive to sun and needs to protect her face in particular all around the year to avoid having dark spots. It takes a while for them to disappear. Whatever works for regular people on land, does not work so she has to apply extra sunblock and use SPF graded clothing and spf graded hats.
(1) is there anything commercially available that can work for scuba divers to give them ultimate protection against sun. I'm primarily talking about face protection.
I'm thinking of a hood designed to cover most of the face except mask area and lips. I saw some hoods with a viser, does anyone have any experience with these hoods?
(2) I learned about Beaver 43 sun block from SB, we never used it so I'm not familiar with it but she'd be willing to try. Has anyone used it, is it good, bad, same as the rest of them?
Full-face masks (even is they are UV proof) are way too expensive. She dives once in a blue moon (that is a week of diving in 3-4 years).
Any feedback on this issue is welcome. Thank you!
my wife has a skin that is susceptible to melasma which is a medical term for dark skin spots. She is very sensitive to sun and needs to protect her face in particular all around the year to avoid having dark spots. It takes a while for them to disappear. Whatever works for regular people on land, does not work so she has to apply extra sunblock and use SPF graded clothing and spf graded hats.
(1) is there anything commercially available that can work for scuba divers to give them ultimate protection against sun. I'm primarily talking about face protection.
I'm thinking of a hood designed to cover most of the face except mask area and lips. I saw some hoods with a viser, does anyone have any experience with these hoods?
(2) I learned about Beaver 43 sun block from SB, we never used it so I'm not familiar with it but she'd be willing to try. Has anyone used it, is it good, bad, same as the rest of them?
Full-face masks (even is they are UV proof) are way too expensive. She dives once in a blue moon (that is a week of diving in 3-4 years).
Any feedback on this issue is welcome. Thank you!