Many like the style and comfort of wearing a high-quality PTBA® baseball cap. It is also exciting to learn that there are many health benefits of wearing one. The benefits include reducing the harmful effects of Ultraviolet (UV) rays coming from the sun that can skin cancer, improving body temperature, and preventing sunburn.
The positive benefits of wearing a baseball cap are the protection offered for the hair, scalp, and eyes. When spending time at the beach, a baseball cap helps keep sand and dirt out of the part of the hair that is covered.
A Baseball Cap Offers Protection from the Sun’s Rays
The sun’s rays beating down cause significant risks, which include the risk to the eyes of UV radiation, the long-term risk of getting skin cancer, and the almost immediate risk of sunburn.
Protection for the Eyes
The sun’s rays beating down cause significant risks, which include the risk to the eyes of UV radiation, the long-term risk of getting skin cancer, and the almost immediate risk of sunburn.
Skin Cancer Prevention
The rays from the sun have UV radiation that may cause skin cancer, which is called melanoma. The best way to prevent this risk of damage to the skin of the scalp is to wear a baseball cap. Additionally, the shade offered by the cap’s brim can help protect the eyes.
Sunburn Prevention
Getting sunburn is a painful thing that is easily avoided by using proper protection. It is important to use a protective lotion to cover the face and neck, which has a high SPF rating (higher numbers offer more protection). It helps tremendously if you also wear a baseball cap.
If you like to wear the brim in front, this offers more shade coverage for the face. If you prefer to wear the brim facing to the back, this offers more shade coverage for the back of the neck. For those guys with a bald spot or more extensive balding, wearing a baseball cap not only makes you look more attractive, it also covers up exposed skin areas on the scalp that easily get sunburn.
Baseball Caps Help With Body Temperature Regulation
To be comfortable, your body temperature needs to stay in the normal range regardless of what the outside temperature is like. Baseball caps are helpful in hot sunny weather by blocking some of the sun’s rays. This helps keep a person cooler. Baseball caps also help in colder climates.
There is an old saying that goes like this, “70% of the body’s heat escapes through the head.” This is a bit exaggerated; however, the underlying principle is true. Most people will feel more comfortable wearing a baseball cap in the winter time when outside, than not wearing one. The baseball cap keeps the body’s heat from escaping through the top of the head. No matter whether it is really hot or cold outside, wearing a baseball cap will help regulate normal body temperature to make a person feel more comfortable.
