Sunscreen really needs to be applied liberally to provide adequate protection, so your best bet is to stick with reasonably priced brands such as Coppertone, Banana Boat and Neutrogena.
The one important exception: products containing Mexoryl . This breakthrough sunscreen ingredient provides far better protection than commonly used UV filters such as Oxybenzone, Titanium Dioxide or Parsol 1789. Used in Europe since 1993, Mexoryl received long awaited FDA approval in 2006 and is sold in the US as Anthelios SX Daily Moisturizing Sunscreen with Mexoryl SPF 15 ($29 for 3.5 oz.) and the pricier Lancôme UV Expert with Mexoryl ($35 for 3.4 oz.). Dermatologists rave about the benefits of Mexoryl because it provides the highest protection against harmful broad UVA and UVB rays (short and long wavelengths), it’s the most complete broad-spectrum protection, it’s the first sunscreen approved by the FDA in 18 years and it provides 24 hour protection!
Check it out at amazon.com, sephora.com or drugstore.com. If products containing Mexoryl are a tad pricey for you, limit use of it to your most sun exposed skin (your face, chest, hands and scalp.)
Did you know…
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Experts say up to 80% of skin aging is due to UVA rays. Over 30 years, the left side of this teacherÂ’s face aged faster due to UVA exposure through a window in her classroom. Just compare the two sides! Photos: Professor J. Leyden. |
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Check out the adverse effect of Sunscreen. I only use sunscreen if I’m going to be out in the sun for an extended amount of time…Sunscreen protect you from topical skin cancer, that can be removed, but it actually helps speed up the cancer cells that cause death. Oxybenzone is really bad. Titanium Dioxide is really good, but it’s the stuff that doesn’t really rub into your skin so well. http://www.vvv.com/healthnews/dsunscre.html
If at all interested check out above site.
And…I’m so thankful for your posts..I read everyday you put one up!!
Hi Allison:
You are taking information you have read as fact but with a closer look you might realize it comes from an article written over 13 years ago that is brimming with assumptions and speculation. People using sunscreen do tend to stay longer in the sun because they do not get a sunburn – they develop a false sense of security — but those who spend hours in the sun are at risk for severe skin damage now and in the future. In the past, not all sunscreens protected against the sun’s UVA and UVB rays so wearers were still at risk for skin damage. Today, sunscreens are full spectrum, which means they protect against both UVA and UVB rays. For a more in depth explanation of the benefits of sunscreen, visit the skin cancer foundation website at:
http://www.skincancer.org/content/view/256/70/
forget about Lancome, L’Oreal have sunscreen with Mexoryl! And without that effin smell of beach!
Highly recommended.