Can the La Roche-Posay Plaster Save Us from Burns?
The UV Patch Senzor monitors the state of your skin in real time when you are out in the sun. Is it a luxury, a true helper, or only a needless thing and a mere marketing trick designed to make customers buy more La Roche-Posay products?
At first sight, this revolutionary product may seem as a luxurious and precious helper that, as the company itself says, fights skin cancer and prevents sun burns. It does recommend the company’s products, but, on the other hand, it forces nothing on you. The bandage does, however, involve a certain aesthetic burden that not everyone will bear.
How the plaster works?
The ultra-light flexible heart-shaped bandage that you must stick on your skin is comprised of squares of white and shades of blue. It contains photo-sensitive dyes that change colour when exposed to UV rays. The special MY UV PATCH application includes a camera that can scan the shades and evaluate values of AVA and AVB exposure. The user gets feedback with the current status and a recommendation as to which product to buy and how to use it.
The bandage is revolutionary in being able to detect your skin-tone, which is taken into account in calculating the results and in making the recommendations.
Health at the price of aesthetics
Unfortunately, the thing with the would-be luxury plaster is that if you want to use it, it will inevitably be visible. The company recommends the back of your hand as the ideal spot for it and the time for which you should wear it is 3 to 5 days.
Let us be frank: walking around with a heart-shaped blue-and-white sticker on your hand for 5 days on your dream vacation is nothing luxurious. But it is the first product of its kind and it is possible that soon enough it will come in a more bearable form.
