Health Benefits of Home Window Film

While it's understood that taking sun security precautions is necessary outside, few individuals recognize they can sustain sun damage inside the home, too. While both ultraviolet A (UVA) and ultraviolet B (UVB) radiation from the sun can damage the skin and result in skin cancers, UVB is effectively obstructed by glass. However, a minimum of 50 percent of UVA rays can pass through windows. Window film is a progressively efficient option, providing significant indoor security by obstructing up to 99.9 percent of UVA radiation. Although they are less intense than UVB, UVA rays are 30 to 50 times more widespread and exist with reasonably equal intensity throughout all daylight hours throughout the year. A Glamour Glaze window film can assist avoid harmful UVA rays from damaging both your skin and your possessions.

Health Benefits of Home Window Film

Thankfully, the "window film" transformation is acquiring momentum. It began with cars in the 1990's. Research showed that motorists with left-hand drive established more skin damage on the left side of their bodies, while those with right-hand drive established more damage on the right. The reason was UVR streaming through the driver-side windows.

Now, UVA-protective film has moved inside big-time. Residential and commercial films can be found in flat sheets, in varied tints, cutting down glare by majority while allowing 30-80 percent of visible light to get through, depending on the consumer's wants. Like automobile film, they block out as much as 99.9 percent of UVR. This assists avoid not only sunburn, but likewise the brief everyday UV exposures that cumulatively speed up skin aging and multiply the threat of skin cancer. In addition, the film can be lifesavers for individuals with diseases including hazardous photosensitivity, such as xeroderma pigmentosum and lupus.

Additional Benefits of Window Film

The benefits of setting up window film surpass protecting one's skin and household items, as it also can reduce energy costs. In hot weather, window film cuts down heat within the house and in winter it reflects interior heat back into the home. Furthermore, window films can help to hold residential and commercial glass in place if broken. Several times thicker than the conventional sun-protective film, it can significantly lower the opportunities of burglaries, property damage, as well as personal injury that can result from damaged glass.

About 85 percent of melanomas and 90 percent of non-melanoma skin cancers are connected with exposure to UV radiation. The Skin Cancer Foundation suggests that everybody adopt a complete year-round sun defense regimen that consists of looking for shade, covering with clothes, using a broad-brimmed hat and UV-blocking sunglasses, and utilizing sunscreen every day.

Authorized 3M Window Film Dealer of Utah

Glamour Glaze is an Authorized Window Film Dealership of the 3M brand, which has been granted the Seal of Recommendation from The Skin Cancer Foundation. Products granted the Seal of Suggestion have been shown to supply safe and reliable UV radiation defense. For more information about the window film services we provide, contact us here, or call 801-776-8468 today.