A study found that daily suncream usage reduces the effects of aging skin by 24%, and the sun's UVA rays damage the elastin in our skin, as we lose the elasticity in our skin causing it to sag and stretch.
I personally use it often simply because I hate sunburn and prefer an even tan which sunscreen allows me, but this is a great benefit and cheap too, compared to buying 50£+ products later on in life when you can instead protect your skin. Even if you do not care about aging skin, it's useful for an even tan and protecting against sun damage/cancer.
Just make sure to wash suncream off as it blocks your pores, just like everyday sweat and grease does which can cause acne.
Yeah, although I stopped doing so on my face, as I kept breaking out from it and already have a skincare routine, which includes a day cream with about SPF 20 built in - I have heard about built in SPF not being good enough, but it's better than nothing and I don't want acne.
Every other body part that would be exposed, like my arms, hands and neck, are covered with it on weekdays, when I'm in the gym, as sunlight does come in from there.
I break out a lot with things on my skin, I like wearing makeup and It's crucial I take it off at the end of the day to avoid breaking out. If you can't remember to do that, then mineral built in skincare SPF's are the go to! They're just out of my budget so instead I do a cleanse everynight.
Sunscreen has a lot of strange chemicals like benzene (which has been said to cause cancer). As time goes on, more and more research comes out about these things that were once considered safe only because there wasn't enough testing. If you really don't want sunburn, why expose yourself to UV rays in the first place?
You do realise mineral suncream exists too right? Also I'm not going to avoid travelling and holidays because of sunburn, people love to point out these chemicals and pretend to be 'woke' when really they eat horrid things in their food, and take medicine thats got detrimental side effects. I would rather wear the cream than not, and if you hate chemicals so much, then go for a mineral suncream.
Sure, but I'm not saying avoid traveling, I'm saying exposing your skin to uv rays in the first place esp for long periods of time like at the beach. The other option would be to cover up with clothing and a hat.
Burns aren't meant to turn into a tan and it's a harmful misconception, a good way to tan is instead be in the sun with suncream on to avoid the burn, and just recieve the light tan.
I'm English, and a bunch of middle-aged men flock to the sea with their stomachs hanging out every year expecting a lovely even tan from not wearing suncream, but they end up looking like lobsters. You'd think they learn from each year but nope.
When I was a kid there were no such products. Kicking the summer off by getting a good sunburn was considered vital for building a nice tan.
This misguided notion paved the way for my later skin cancers, most of which required surgery to remove, although a few benign cancers were "burned off" with liquid nitrogen.
I never leave the house without a hat, and I use sunscreen freely at the beach or pool, or while out on the golf course or shooting range.
Just a point for you, Black people do wear sunscreen. Their dark skin gives protection of effectively sun factor 13. Now, the longer they spend in the sunshine it does increase some, but realistically too much sun is still dangerous for them.
Yes of course, they don't burn but it doesn't mean they aren't suffering harm from the sun, however a lot of black people such as my close friend doesn't wear suncream because of the misconception 'if i dont burn, i must not be harming my skin'. I should've added a different poll option rip.
Tons of pain. Couldn't really even move around rapidly or else it would hurt a little. I never learned my lesson though. I kept getting sunburned and peeling. LoL
Nope cause It seems hard for me to get sunburn, I seem to tan until then too long I start to get sunburn but I would have to be in the sun for like 5 to 8 hours in direct sunlight to even start to burn, but this is good to know
I generally don’t since I don’t get sunburns or at least I never have before but when it’s exceptionally sunny and hot I’ll put on sunscreen so that I don’t just get darker and darker
