Here are some details about sun skin cream, including positive and negative aspects, as well as information about ingredients and materials:
- Sunscreen products typically include a combination of active ingredients, except for those formulated with zinc oxide, which is a physical sunscreen.
- Chemical sunscreens work by absorbing the suns rays and contain active ingredients such as oxybenzone, avobenzone, octisalate, octocrylene, homosalate, and octinoxate.
- Physical sunscreens, on the other hand, work by sitting on the surface of the skin and deflecting the sun's rays. They contain zinc oxide and/or titanium dioxide.
- Some of the active ingredients in chemical sunscreens, such as oxybenzone, have been found to be readily absorbed through the skin and may cause allergic skin reactions and behave like hormone disruptors.
- The FDA has proposed that 11 ingredients commonly found in sunscreens need additional data from safety and efficacy testing, including oxybenzone, avobenzone, homosalate, octinoxate, octocrylene, cinoxate, dioxybenzone, ensulizole, meradimate, padimate O, and sulisobenzone.
- A study found that six active ingredients in chemical sunscreens were absorbed into the subjects' bodies at levels elevated far beyond the FDA's threshold of concern, and some of these ingredients remained well above the concern level for three weeks after the subjects stopped using them.
- If you are concerned about certain sunscreen ingredients, you can select a formula that contains different active ingredients as long as it is broad-spectrum, water-resistant, and has an SPF 30 or higher.
- Physical sunscreens may be a better option for those with sensitive skin.
- Sunscreens cannot protect against all of the sun's radiation, and wearing sunscreen does not mean that you can stay out longer in the sun.
- There are various types of sunscreens available in many forms, such as cream, lotion, gel, stick, spray, and lip balm.
