It is solar innovation that promises to spend a summer without sunburn! La Roche Posay pharmacy care brand launches My UV Patch , the first patch with a connected UV sensor . Perfectly suited to sensitive skin, it calculates the solar capital and helps us to adopt the right approach to protect our skin from the sun . Fun and fun, this little patch also helps to educate children about the risks associated with exposure to the sun, from an early age!

My UV patch, how does it work?

This connected patch of a new kind contains in fact an electrical circuit for knowing the dose of UV stored by the skin. My UV Patch contains photosensitive dyes , which allow us, thanks to a color code (from white to dark blue), to indicate the level of sun exposure that our skin undergoes. Like a decal, it is glued directly to a part of the skin well exposed to the sun such as the back of the hand or forearm, for example. Then, one only has to scan My UV Patch thanks to the mobile application of the same name (available since April on Google Play and the App Store) to monitor live the evolution of its solar capital . Perfect when you are hyper connected! For optimal effectiveness, it is essential to inquire via the app, the user profile: hair color of eyes, skin type, sun sensitivity ...

My UV Patch, the coach of our sun exposure

The weather is cloudy , must I protect myself? I only stay 5 minutes in the sun, is a protective cream necessary? To get the answers to these questions, simply scan the patch with your phone throughout the day. Green, orange or red, the application takes stock of the dose of UV received and gives us live, the right actions to take to protect themselves from UV . The real plus: the advice is ultra-personalized and you can program an alarm to do the inventory every 45 minutes. It is kept for up to 3 days on the skin before replacing it with a new one. Extra-fine, the patch is super comfortable: no need to remove it to sleep, shower or swim ...

Where to find his UV patch?

In pharmacies and parapharmacies. More precisely, 150,000 Anthelios Spray Dermopediatrics sets from the La Roche-Posay brand will contain 1 UV Patch offered. A way to educate consumers and convince them of the usefulness of this ally against sunburn. From June, we can also acquire My UV Patch via the website www.laroche-posay.fr).