she emphasized the importance of wearing sunscreen on flights, citing reports of people incurring more sun damage when they’re at higher altitudes.
So, there is a connection between flying and sun damage. Below, dermatologists explain what you should know about your sun damage risk when you’re at cruising altitude.“Airplane windows effectively block out most of the UVB rays,” Jones said, referring to the rays that Wearing sunscreen on a plane can protect you from these harmful rays, which Holman said penetrate “more deeply into the skin” and put you “at risk for different types of skin cancer, including the most deadly form of skin cancer, melanoma.”Sunscreen is important for folks to wear daily, whether or not you’re taking a flight.