Smooth, healthy skin in summer
How can a list of good sunscreens simplify your life?
Well, you can spend less time wondering which one to get. But I guess I should start with, Why use sunscreen in the first place?
Call it an investment in your healthy future. Rather than have to deal with removing potentially cancerous skin issues, take care of your skin Now.
Last week I saw an article by Julie Deardorf called “Is sunscreen a smokescreen?” (on Julie’s blog connected with the Chicago Tribune)Not all sunscreens protect you from both UVA & UVB rays, and the U.S. basically allows manufacturers to claim whatever they want.
She reports that the Environmental Working Group (www.ewg.org — site seemed to be down when I tried today 7/28/07) has conducted studies and research to find which sunscreens are doing a good job protecting our sensitive skin (and which don’t).
The 5 best suncreens according to the Environmental Working Group:
- UV Natural Sport SPF 30
- Badger SPF 30
- Peter Thomas Roth Titanium Dioxide Sunblock 30
- Lavera Sunscreen Neutral SPF 40 (company website?)
- Vanicream Sunscreen Sport SPF 35 (company website?)
rosacea
About-Rosacea.com (I’ve got my radar on for rosacea products as I have that sensitivity on my nose) has their own list of recommended sunscreens. Here are the brands that show up on the above “best 5″ list as well as the About-Rosacea list:
- Vanicream SPF 15
- Peter Thomas Roth Day Protection Cream
other sun exposure tips
The article “Sizing Up Sunscreen” from MSNBC.com’s Newsweek refers to the same Environmental Working Group study as well as includes other sun safety reminders like staying out of the sun during peak hours, apply sunscreen liberally and before exposure, wear a hat, the kind of things we can be reminded of repeatedly and still not head.
The costs is just too distant for most of us. “What’s a little sun now?” One look at all the little scars my dad now has from “minor procedures” after years in the So. Cal sun as a kid is a good enough reminder for me to keep the sunscreen on my nose and the sun off my shoulders.
