SKIN AND SUN: CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS AND MODERN PREVENTION PHOTODERMATOSES

Abstract

     Unlike other organs and systems of the body, the skin is directly exposed to a variety of unfavorable environmental factors media, one of which is ultraviolet(UV) radiation.  In the 1940s, thanks to legislation Coco Chanel's fashion vest, tan is firmly in vogue, becoming a symbol of well-being, success, beauty and health.  It has been shown that in adequate doses solar rays have a positive effect on the body human: stimulate the production of hemoglobin;  start cabins for the synthesis of vitamin D, which is especially important during pregnancy to prevent rickets in fetus and in old age for the prevention of osteopore;  activate metabolism, providing general strengthening action;  have antidepressant action (activate through the optic nerves of the zone hypothalamus);  improve the function of the internal glands secretions.  However, frequent and excessive use sunbathing leads to the development of a number of pathological skin changes.