Is your sunscreen giving you cancer?

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Now that the holiday weekend is over and y’all probably spent an overly-abundant amount of time in the sun, chances are your sunscreen did more damage than good.

Bitch. What.

And here I thought SPF was my friend.

There’s a bunch of science shit explaining potential sunscreen dangers but the moral of the story is that certain chemicals in these products may in fact GIVE YOU CANCER.

Great! Now there is even more crap I need to toss as I clean up my act.

Thankfully, there are overpriced alternatives like UV Natural and California Baby that offer sun protection at only three times the price of your usual cheap drugstore brand. Yay?

AVOID: Oxybenzone (active ingredient/suncreen) retinyl palmitate (a form of vitamin A often found in the inactive ingredients list)

USE: avobenzone, Mexoryl SX, octisalate, Tinosorb M & S, titanium dioxide, and zinc for coverage

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  • Michael Rivers

    Now I have to worry about this too?!?!

  • http://www.betterby30.com Westopher

    I know, huh? The whole thing is pissing me right off. The zinc brands are super white & chalky. Great! (not great)

  • Cogent Ascending

    I solve this entire dilema by working midnight or swing shifts and generally sleeping any time the sun is up.
    However the lack of sunshine includes a wealth of mental health related problems which can't be cured with creams bought in the store.

  • Anonymous

    "I solve this entire dilema by working midnight or swing shifts and generally sleeping any time the sun is up."

    On the surface it seems like a good idea but studies show significant increase in the incidence of breast and prostate cancer among night workers. Google "night shift cancer" for details.