Historical Background: The use of sunscreen dates back at least a thousand years to the ancient Greeks and Egyptians. These early civilizations used several different types of plants including jasmine and lupine plants to protect the skin from sun damage. Many cosmetic products still use these plant ingredients today. Zinc oxide was one of the very first ingredients used for skin protection and was used as long as a thousand years ago. The very first synthetic sunscreens that were produced in 1928 and were not brought to consumers for purchase until 1936. The French chemist, Eugene Schueller was the founder of the L’Oreal company and he was responsible for bringing the first commercial grade sunscreen to the public in 1936. It became very apparent to the military that protecting the soldiers from sun damage would need to be priority, especially in the Pacific tropics during the height of the World War II conflict. An early product was made specifically for the military in 1944 by Benjamin Green, who was an airman and later he became a pharmacist. He named his product Red Vet Pet (for red veterinary petrolatum), and it did not work well at all against UV light. In addition to being ineffective, this sunscreen …show more content…
Reportedly, he decided on this particular name because he sustained a sunburn on a mountain that inspired his concoction. Using calculations from Friedrich Ellinger and Rudolf Schulze, in 1974 he was able to formulate and introduce the “sun protective factor” (SPF) and this has now become a worldwide standard for measuring the effectiveness of sunscreen. In 1977, the first waterproof sunscreens were introduced. Clearly, now the biggest concern for commercial sunscreen has been the attempt to make these both longer-lasting and be able to provide more of a broad-spectrum coverage with ease of
In World War II the soldiers used a jelly-like substance, called “red vet pet” to prevent themselves from the sun. Finally, Benjamin Green combined this substance with cocoa butter and coconut oil, which created the new line of Coppertone suntan cream. Coppertone has come a long way, to make their product better. As they changed the product, the advertisement changed over the years to appeal to the audience. Although both of these advertisements are being presented to get people to buy Coppertone, the modern day advertising is more appealing than 1944 advertisement; the modern day advertisement has a better focal point, action, general feeling and mood, selection of elements, and audience.
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Jim Rice loved the way tanning made him look and feel, that is, until he became personally affected by the dangers that came with the frivolous glitz and glamour of a nice tan.
The PubMed Database was conducted for search the literature about the chosen health behavior. Key search terms were used: sun protective behavior, sun protective behavior AND project, sun protection* AND project, sun protective behavior AND questionnaire*, sun protection* AND trend* AND skin cancer. Limits including: publication date 10 years, free full text available, English. In addition, the age limitation is adults.
Indoor tanning was developed in 1906, originally for medical use. Users would develop more Vitamin D, which would aid in absorbing Calcium. Such treatment benefited anyone suffering from bone diseases. During the 1920s, Coco Chanel, a famous fashion designer, and Josephine Baker, a famous singer, displayed sun kissed skin by the means of tanning. The new look took off (“History of Indoor Tanning” 1). Then, in 1970, the beds were tested on athletes, and found that it gave them a healthy glow. The tanning beds were created to imitate...
Natalie was 24 and had an itchy oddly shaped mole. She then went to get it checked out, and came to find she had melanoma. Natalie had to undergo 3 hours of surgery. “Tanning beds give you a 59% chance of skin cancer” Indoor tanning has bad effects on people because it increases your chance of skin cancer and the effects it has on skin appearance.
We all know that cosmetics existed thousands of years ago. Cleopatra used a heavy arsenal of beauty aids to help her shake the foundations of the Roman Empire. Yes, cosmetics and perfumes have a long history, but the consumer industry we live in is relatively recent, a creation of the decades 1890 through 1920. The products hawked in the 19th Century by druggists, perfumers, barbers, physicians, and a colorful assortment of other enterprising individuals were primitive by our standards. Certainly, active ingredients were used with abandon, notably arsenic, lead, and mercury. These were products that really made visible differences, and the consumer was well-advised to be wary of the majority of these mysterious concoctions.
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Many people strive to have beautiful, flawless, and tanned skin. In order to get that desired even bronzed glow year round, many people partake in the use of tanning beds, and tanning salons in communities throughout the country. Over the years, indoor tanning use has increasingly become more and more popular among adolescents and young adults. Tanning beds are equipped with special lightbulbs that emit ultraviolet, or UV, rays. These UV rays much like exposure to the sun, can harm the various layers of the skin. In a recent observation, it has been discovered that tanning beds cause what can be potentially severe health problems. Indoor tanning is dangerous because of the increased risk of multiple health problems, not the least of which is
The corporation hired hundreds of women having no trouble finding employees, being one of the few companies at the time to hire women. Business was surging with the defense contract obtained by filling the demand during World War I by making equipment for soldiers luminescent, enabling reading at night. The company even marketed other items for general consumers, including doll eyes, light switches, house numbers and kits for fun glow in the dark paint. The consensus of the time was that radium had magical healing properties, said to cure practically everything.... ...
Proactiv is a skin care product created to treat acne and other skin problems. It is a product that is known worldwide. This product was created by two famous dermatologists, Dr. Katie Rodan and Kathy Fields. Proactiv is a three step process to clearer and better skin. Proactiv’s message is to tell us that their product can make all your acne problems go away. The audiences that they want to appeal to are mostly teenagers and those who have acne. Their ads can make teens and people who have acne become hypnotized by their products. What make Proactiv so well known are their advertisements. Proactiv ads use testimonial, plain folk, bandwagon, and transfer propaganda techniques.
She talked to chemical companies that manufactured Agent Orange. VA’s top brass ordered her to stop asking questions (Carroll).” The VA once again shut down the issue of Agent Orange, making them seem more guilty in the years following Operation Ranch Hand. Carroll gave a summarized Public Law 97-72 as, “authorizing priority health-care services in all VA medical centers for the treatment of health conditions in Vietnam veterans that may be related to Agent Orange exposure (Carroll).” Once the law was set in motion the VA realized they were in a losing position in the argument of who was at fault. Later on in the decade, “Congress appropriated $100 million for VA to conduct its own Agent Orange study.- Delegates at the 1981 American Legion National Convention called for an immediate independent study.- Rep. Thomas Daschle,D-S.D., introduced a bill to recognize a service-connection presumption for some of the illnesses veterans described.- Daschle’s bill died (Carroll).” As described by Dolan, “The agreement called for them to place $180 million in a trust fund that would then be distributed among all the veterans claiming harm by Agent Orange (Dolan 82).” However, the money was not able to reach all Veterans affected by the
L’Oreal was started in 1907 by French chemist, Eugene Schueller, who developed the world’s first synthetic hair-color product, L’Aureole. By 1912 his hair products were sold in France, Netherlands, Austria and Italy. In the mid-1930s, Schueller moved into the hygiene and toiletry sectors of the cosmetic market with great success. L’Oreal soon earned the reputation as the leader in European hair coloring and skin care products.
Tanning is the process by which animal skins are transformed into commercial leather. There are two main methods of tanning - Vegetable Tanning and Chrome Tanning. The latter uses chrome salts as the main tanning agent, and is the process widely used in India.
In 1960, Mustela create the first series of sun cream specifically for the delicate baby skin because it was a special need for protecting them against the sun (Mustela, 2015).