Most people know that one of the worst things you can do for your skin is to get sunburned. So should you using a moisturizer with sunscreen?
But believe it or not the answer isn’t as clear as you might expect.
Theres no doubt that sunburn is really bad for our skin, in fact sunburn is probably one of the single worst things you can do to your skin.
If you really want to make sure your skin looks older with more sagging, wrinkles, dryness and lines just make sure you get regularly sunburned from an early age.
Then there’s skin cancer to consider too.
So doesn’t it make complete sense to use a moisturizer with an spf of 15 or even 30?
Well no, not necessarily, though that doesn’t mean it’s fine to get sunburned.
Why isnt it a good idea to use a moisturizer with an spf factor? Because there is evidence that the daily use of sunscreens can be dangerous to your health, and even some suggestion that daily use of an spf moisturizer could lead to cancer.
Now it certainly isn’t proven yet, but is suspected by many scientists. If, say, you use a sunscreen normally around 5 or 6 times a year then the risk is lower, but if you use a moisturizer then the chances are that you use it every day, so the risk is higher as you are using a sunscreen daily, and many days when you don’t need it.
There’s different types of sunscreens. There are sunscreens that work in 2 different ways. There are those that stay on the surface of your skin, and those that work within your skin once they soak in. Those that stay on the surface are sunscreens with either zinc or titanium.
If a sunscreen soaks in then some of it will get into your blood. This could be dangerous. And skin care products with sunscreens use the type that soaks in because it looks and feels better on your skin.
And of course all spf factor is produced by using synthetic chemicals, and you don’t want to be getting chemicals into your bloodstream.
And that’s not all. If the sun is unable to get to your face each day you may well start to find that you suffer from vitamin D deficiency. Studies have shown that up to 60% of Americans suffer from some deficiency of vitamin D in their bodies, though not all that is caused by use of sunscreen by any means.
So now you’re wondering what to do?
Use the highest quality moisturizer possible, without sunscreen in it. The manufacturer of the worlds very best moisturizers and skin care products specifically doesn’t add a sunscreen to their products for all the reasons I’ve mentioned.
And use a sunscreen with either zinc or titanium block only on days when you really think you are at risk of sunburn.And on most days you really wont need sunscreen anyway, so enjoy your extra supplies of vitamin D.
There’s more information on the best skin care products that don’t have any sunscreen.
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