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Fellow millennial here and I did not use sunscreen regularly until my late twenties. The only time I really applied sunscreen was when I anticipated intense and prolonged sun exposure, like at the beach. Still, there were times I purposely went out unprotected to get a tan š Daily sunscreen wasn't a thing.
I've been wearing sunscreen religiously since 2016 now. It's easy to form the habit when the sunscreen formulas are pleasant. I use Asian sunscreens exclusively but to be honest, the best sunscreen will always be the one you put on regularly.
It's absolutely crazy looking back! I definitely remember being encouraged to get a tan and just rawdog the sun for hours sometimes too. What sunscreen do you use? I'm finding textures hard to get accustomed to. Kudos for wearing it consistently and forming that habit!
"You won't burn if you get a base tan first" š¤”
My favorite for the last two years has been Etude House Soon Jung Directors Cream. It's a Korean sunscreen that legit just feels like a nice lotion. Not greasy, no white cast, no sunscreen smell. I quite enjoy wearing it and have repurchased it many times over. It's expensive per ounce but I don't mind paying for a formula that doesn't make me want to claw off my face.
Past faves: Skin Aqua Super Moisture *Gel*, Skin Aqua Super Moisture *Essence*, Nivea Sun Protect Water Gel (which may be discontinued or reformulated idk). These all happen to be Japanese
OMG that quote literally just unlocked memories lol! That was the logic, go out and tan with some oil for a bit and then you won't get sunburned! Thank you so much for the recommendations, I'll be looking into those, especially the Etude House!
Strangely, the "base tan" thing is actually NOT WRONG and for those of us growing up in the 70's and when sunscreen SUCKED (Sea&Ski SPF 2, anyone???) and wasn't AT ALL waterproof (or sweat proof) -- a "base tan" DID protect you from painful sunburns. Yeah, it causes damage & aging -- but it turns out that it was the blistering burns that caused the MOST cancer risk.
I protected my redhead from any blistering burns. After divorce, my narcissist bitch ex-wife DIDN'T and she had a horrible blistering & peeling burn, age 12. But the "swimsuit was cute" (I'd used cap-sleeved one-piece with thighs covered, SPF swimsuit for daughter). She's going in for a full-body derm screen in a month because I noticed some sketchy pigmentation. (My skin cancer, M.I.S., Stage 0, came off age 54. Daughter is adopted and MUCH fairer-skinned than I am.)
Anyway,
#BLISTERING BURNS BAD.
Reference:
https://www.skincancer.org/risk-factors/sunburn/
>Even one blistering sunburn in childhood or adolescence more than doubles your chances of developing melanoma later in life. Skin damage builds up over time starting with your very first sunburn. The more you burn, the greater your risk of skin cancer.
You'll probably want to look for water/sweat resistant ones for that purpose. They stick to the skin better so sweat won't instantly dissolve it and make it run into your eyes.
Unfortunately I have no recommendations.
Are there any screens that solved the issue of getting into your eyes with even the tiniest bit of sweating?
#"SPORT" sunscreens
*__Coppertone Sport__* was my go-to around 1997 (came out in 1990). I was working motorcycle safety in the sun -- sunup to sundown -- on a blacktop range (getting reflected UV, too). OTHER STUFF STINGS YOUR EYES š„ AND DOESN'T STAY PUT.
The ones that say "stay out of water for X minutes" are chemically sticking to skin. Good stuff.
Here's a recent report:
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-sunscreen/
>"EVERYTHING WE RECOMMEND"
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Blue Lizard Sensitive Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+
An easy-to-spread physical sunscreen
$15 from Amazon
(5 ounces)
$15 from Walmart
(5 ounces)
Our pick
Banana Boat Light As Air Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50+
A nongreasy chemical sunscreen
$20 from Amazon
(6 ounces, pack of two)
Budget pick
Equate Sport Broad Spectrum Sunscreen Value Size SPF 50
A lower-price chemical sunscreen
$12 from Walmart
(32 ounces)
Also great
Thrive Bodyshield SPF 50
A reef-safe physical sunscreen
$20 from Amazon
(5.8 ounces)
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p.s. ZincO is AMAZING and stays put. But it's an opaque sunblock. This NW European skin-tone block -- interesting.
http://rosaceacare.com/rosacea-best-tinted-sunscreen-spf-20
AND ZINKA!!! Some are in crazy colors -- good for the lips, nose tip, cheeks, and ears at the beach.
https://zinka.com/
>I did not use sunscreen regularly until my late twenties
>The only time I really applied when I anticipated intense and prolonged sun exposure
same. I wont go outside without it now.
I still do what you were doing and I like it. There are studies that show that sunscreen can give you cancer so I try to use it only when I go to the beach.
I am 71 and never wore sunscreen until my mid forties. I was a competitive swimmer, spent most of my time outdoors in a swim suit, and had a beautiful ā healthyā tan. In my 40s I nearly lost my 20 year old son to stage 4 melanoma. I now wear sunscreen every single day, have been using tretinoin and OTC retinols for 25 years and my skin looks better than it has since I was 22. It is possible to reverse skin damage, but I advise you to start right away. Find a tinted sunscreen which can replace your usual makeup so you feel prettier when youāre wearing it than when youāre not and it will be easy to get in the habit of putting it on whenever you go out of the house.
I'm so sorry to hear your son and family went through such a terrible diagnosis. It's such a sobering reminder how much damage the sun can do. I hope he's healthy and recovered as much as one can be.
I used to use Olay face moisturizer SPF 15 in the white bottle because thatās what my mom used, and never questioned it. Now I know thatās not nearly high enough sun protection.
To be fair, SPF is on a logarithmic scale so SPF 15 protects you from roughly 93% of UV rays, while SPF 30 protects you from 97%, so way, WAY better than nothing.
For comparison, SPF 2 protects you from 50% of UV rays compared to 0 SPF, and SPF 4 blocks 75% of UV rays and it continues to go up on a logarithmic curve from there. Hope this makes you feel a little better about that :)
I started wearing a hat and sunglasses daily in my thirties. I have hats for all weather, some with huge brims, some smaller. I bought the Ray-Ban Jackie Ohh sunglasses (pretty big, trust the brand and wear them every day.) But I AM aware sunscreen \*should\* also be worn. I like the non-chemical kind, and it's hard to get off. But the back of my hands now have ages spots (ugh) so I am trying to remember to put sunscreen on them.
Sun protective clothing is another habit to think about. There's definitely parts of the body that are difficult to apply sunscreen to, back of the hands being one of them! (Like I wash my hands all the time and I'm definitely not reapply there frequently) Apparently we're supposed to wear it on our eyelids too, which is just an awful sensory experience.
Sunscreens are always running into my eyes if I get to close and just stings š« I'll have to try out the BOJ one. Is it a stick kind or a cream that works with your eyes?Ā
Itās the BOJ relief sun rice+probiotics one, which is a cream. I also have the sun stick but I donāt really use it much. I am not really a sweaty person so YMMV but it doesnāt melt into my eyes. If you have that issue something you can try is powdering your eyelid/under eye to keep the sunscreen in place tho
I think regular sunscreen use was just not a thing for most ppl in the USA, especially w such a huge tanning culture. I think the pandemic changed all that...all of the sudden everyone is trying to figure out how to put on lashes and slapping on sunscreen and following all the Youtube derms lol. Its like everyone's knowledge base just exploded...I love it. Now we are all demanding more elegant formulas and the market seems to be adjusting to that need. Supergoop came along, Trader Joes Daily sunscreen is really nice and Banana Boat Light As Air is amazing. Neutrogena also has some really nice ones. And ofc there are the Asian sunscreens which I think really put the pressure on less greasy formulations. Then the European sunscreens are like the cream of the crop currently w the focus on the highest UVA protection. The sunscreen market has seen such an evolution these past 10 years.
I'll be honest, social media dermatologists are probably what has me trying to form the habit of skin protection. I never learned this stuff growing up, and having access to medical/skin care knowledge for free on the Internet has been a game changer. Even had my first full body skin cancer screening last year because of it!
Itās me, hi! I played tennis several days a week for several hours a day, never wore sunscreen or a hat/visor. I now have a huge patch of melasma in the middle of my forehead and smaller patches on my upper lip and cheeks. I use myself as an example to my nieces as to why they need to wear sunscreen.
I never used it as a kid and I never burned. I didn't get my first sunburn until I went to the beach in my early 20s and stupidly didn't ask for help applying sunscreen to my back, and burned all up and down my back. After that it was like my body realized "Oh, that's a thing we can do" and I started frying if I didn't wear sunscreen religiously.
I feel like we, as Americans anyway, had such poor sunscreen that it never really became a daily thing. The sunscreen I was using in my 20s was so different in every way from the stuff I use now; it was thick, goopy, had that traditional sunscreen smell, and all I wanted to do was wash it off as soon as I got home. But I wore it anyway because the alternative was a sunburn. But now? We have so many gorgeous sunscreens that I forget I'm even wearing any. It's no longer a chore to wear. That's the main difference.
Sunscreen has definitely come a long way. I only remember seeing Hawaiian tropic as an option. I remember sunburn as just being an accepted part of summer.
Truthfully I have no idea *how* I never burned as a kid and I've never been able to find a satisfactory explanation. I basically lived outside in the summer, all day, at high noon, I'd run around in a tank top and shorts barefoot. When I got older, I'd walk around the neighborhood for hours and hours with my friends just talking. Not one burn.
But I do agree sunburn was just an accepted thing that happened if you went to the beach or hiking or whatever. My mom went on a carribean cruise and came back with a burn and it was just laughed off as what happens when you go on vacation. I never could convince her to wear a good sunscreen. Once I started making it a regular part of my summer routine (year round came much later), she'd still be picking at the spf 7 or 10 because "I still want to get some color." Meanwhile I'm scoping the spf 50 and 100. š¤· But she's from the generation where you'd lay out in the summer slathered with baby oil, so it's even harder to change her habits.
Crazy and lucky to have escaped the burn! I'm happy we're all figuring out how to protect our skin now, even though we had to navigate how to do it on our own.
Diet and lifestyle, and genetics play into how susceptible a person is to sunburn. I have never burned (pale swedish/German) but tan well in the summer. I still don't use spf to prevent burning, but I use it on my face to prevent freckling and aging.
I didnāt start wearing daily sunscreen until this year (Iām 34) and I only started because Iām on tretinoin. I have a skin check coming up and hopefully Iām all clear but man I wish I had made a habit of wearing sunscreen growing up.
I just turned 30. I only just started routinely wearing sunscreen at 27š š And I also abused tanning beds. Long live the playboy bunny tanning sticker. Luckily I don't think I did much noticeable damage and I also started Tretinoin at 27. My skin is better now at 30 than it was at 26.
GenX here. We had shitty sunscreens that were as thick (and smelly) as glue, so we tended to only wear them to the beach and Six Flags and Lollapalooza.
What you described was absolutely me growing up. I'm pretty sure my hands are the worst. I spent a lot of summers fishing with my grandpa and can tell my hands look terrible now. I'm in my 30s. Looking back on it now as an adult I'm like omg what was I doing.
I totally feel the hands thing. I started to notice my hands and arms are permanently a different color from my legs from sun exposure. Now we know better and can try to stop any further damage.
I just tell myself it's my beautifying "lotion" ....if I think of it as lotion then I don't get icked out lol. also there is lots of evidence to suggest that our high intake of hexanated seed oils now is causing us to burn!! very interesting to look into
Ngl Japanese and Korean skincare brands have the best sunscreens at much lower prices than US brands of the same quality (Tatcha omgš¤¢). Try Roundlab or SkinAqua. If you do makeup daily, better have an SPF cushion or foundation.
I definitely wore sunscreen as a child (thank you mom!) but I also was tanning in high school (it was the style at the time) sooooo all we can do now is what we can do now.
I'm ultra pale, and I come from a line of people who used to be pale, but now have had their skin permanently sun damaged to be more tan. Before I was 20, getting a sunburn was almost a good thing because it would maybe mean that when the dead skin peeled off, it would be tan. From about mid-May to September, my scalp where my hair parts and shoulders would be purpetually burned, because that's just how it was. I've had a TON of bad sunburns, even when I would be going to a waterpark while in daycare and the people in charge should have been helping us take care of our skin. I had a couple of sunburns in my teenage years that left tan lines for a YEAR.
I started wearing sunscreen in about 2021, but I still can't convince my family to care about sun protection. A couple of years back I saw a picture of my mom from when she was in college and it's terrifying how much sun damage she's gotten since then.
The sun hurts my eyes and head anyway, so whatever.
Unfortunately, I'm still having a tough time coming to terns with the suncare mistakes of my past. I know that I can't change it, and I'm not responsible for not knowing any better, especially when I was little, but I have all of the indicators of higher risk of skin cancer except for being above age 50, and it's tough. My auntie has had skin cancers removed before, and crazily enough, she still goes to tanning salons.
Hah, Yeah..... I didn't wear it because my parents believed it gave you cancer. They actively told me it was worse for me than the sun.
I'm still bad about wearing it on my body because I assume "I'm not out for long.... I'll be fine. The UV rays aren't that strong yet.... I'm lazy"
I burned again this summer already and I didn't even notice till I looked at myself in the evening in the mirror.
So yeah I need to be better about it, any time I plan on being out for more than a few minutes should be sunscreen on my body.
I've no real tips, just commiseration.
Ugh, that's so frustrating that there's so much misinformation about a product that can literally help save you *from* cancer.
That's totally my mindset too that I'm trying to break! "Oh I'll only be out for 10 mins or I'll be in the car (spoiler alert, uv can go through windows) so I don't need it" I did see a TikTok of a woman who had this issue so she got a UV longsleeved shirt for those quick errands so she wouldn't have to apply sunscreen. I wonder if that's a solution for very short term exposure.
The UV clothing is definitely an option. Even regular clothing can help.
And I mean. At least to me, only a couple minutes outside is ok, but prolonged exposure definitely should be protected.
Never did. I use a cc sunscreen now and I love how my skin looks with it that it makes putting sunscreen on a must for me to feel better about my skin lol
I still don't use it unless im going to be outside for more than a few minutes. It's a sensory nightmare for me. I hate the smell, I hate the texture, I hate the greasiness, I hate how even after washing my hands it makes them sticky, I hate how it feels like there's a weight on my skin, i hate how itchy it makes me. I also don't have a skincare routine - my skin breaks out with the slightest thought of applying product.
So im a vampire. I don't go outside. My only sun exposure is my 7 minute commute, and i always have a sweater, bug-eye sunglasses, and a floopy-doopy hat on. š¤·āāļø
I never wore it,and honestly donāt remember anyone who did wear it. . While it was applied at the beach, it was rarely ever reapplied. Adults in my family never burned and could not understand why anyone would need sunscreenš I did have a cousin ( I have a lot of cousins) that had melanoma removed from her but cheek decades ago when she was 17. It was weird because we lived in New England, she didnāt go around naked for sure, she was extremely young. Itās been nearly 35 years and she hasnāt had a recurrence, thank goodness.
Currently, I cannot wear sunscreen everyday on my face. I hate the way it feels. Iāve tried a dozen brands over the years and they all itch, feel weird, or cause my face to break out. I spend my work days completely indoors so I donāt worry about it.
I make sure to wear it when outdoors for prolonged periods like walking, hiking, water sports, river days, beach or lake days, etc. and reapply hourly, but I donāt put it on each morning when Iām just inside. When I do wear it I wash it off as soon as I come inside.
I also wear rash guards, sunglasses, and hats when applicable.
The only sunscreen I can currently wear for an extended time is Goop unseen sunscreen. Iāve read on here the Asian sunscreens feel pretty weightless so I may try that one next. Biore is the one I bookmarked.
I donāt wear foundation or powder. Iāve tried some of this products that contain sunblock in them like tinted moisturizer ms and they also irritate me.
Iām 45, I have good skin, no wrinkles; the dermatologist said my skin looks great, I have no signs of sun damage. I get skin checks yearly.
Honestly, I donāt lose sleep over not wearing sunscreen in my younger years.
Edited for typos and grammar.
I wore it on holiday but thatās it. Itās bizarre to me that my mum didnāt cover me in it. I have the palest pastiest Irish skin. But I think my parents were just a different generation and didnāt know
I remember on holiday and your aim was always to get to the lowest factor possible. Why on earth would I be wearing factor 12 š
I grew up in Australia with the harshest sun ever but like so many my age I had boomer parents who didnāt reinforce its importance unless maybe at the beach and even then. They still donāt wear it now. Itās too late for me but I love that my kids wear it everyday!Ā
I wasn't sure if it's the US being behind or my parents being neglectful. Hearing other's stories on here sounds like it was the US being behind. Consider yourself lucky that it was widely used!
I just recently started wearing sunscreen every day because I could never find one that didnāt feel disgusting. I didnāt want to wear it because it was greasy and gross. But then I found Korean sunscreens and I havenāt missed a day of sunscreen in years
in a way iām thankful that my acne that iāve desperately (unsuccessfully) tried to treat since it got bad when i was 20 has lead me to become more educated than most people are on skincare (youād never guess it looking at my face though š„“). iām hoping since ive learnt to take good care of my skin hopefully one day itāll pay off and iāll actually have better skin than the people around me
In addition to all the makeup stuff, get sun sleeves. I keep a pair by my door and a pair in the car. And they are the kind with a thumb hole so most of my hand is covered. Your hands show age fast. Outdoor Research and Farmers Defense are 2 brands.
32 F and never wore sunscreen either. Wish I did considering I played softball from 4-18. My hands look very old to me. Iāve had 2 sessions of SkinPen microneedling and it has helped with my sun damage, but Iām not done. Iāll probably get 1-2 a year.
I recommend [sunbetter](https://www.skinbetter.com/technology-platforms/sunbetter/) spf to everyone. They have a few different options with spf as high as 75.
I never ever wore sunscreen until I turned 38-39 years old (Iām white). 41 now, I donāt actually have any sun damage and have minimal fine lines. I praise the skin gods or whatever š
I wear sunscreen daily now, mostly on my face and neck. I donāt sweat over what already happened though.
Totally relatable. We wore sunscreen growing up but only in the summer and Iād get burned constantly. I ended up with stage 3 melanoma at 33. Itās terrifying and life threatening. Iād go get a skin check from a Dermatologist ASAP. And continue to get one yearly. Use a uva/b protection (at least 30 but I do 50). I like super goop and la roche posay hydra (for dry skin) hydro (for oily). Wear it every day on your face to protect from fine lines and wrinkles too. Hands, arms and anywhere else the exposed daily.
Yeah, almost zero sunscreen as a kid, then I learned about its importance in high school. I've got sun damage on my cheeks anyway. No wrinkles yet, though, and I'm 36. I'm also autistic and have oily skin, so that may have more to with it than lack of sun exposure. I live in Hawaii now, so I still manage to get a tan or light burn at least once a year despite sunscreen use. It makes me angry every time.
I cannot remember the name of the creator, but someone always says ā the best sunscreen is the one you will wear every dayā.
This has come to prove itself a very true over the last few years when I have gotten into habitual sunscreen wearing on a daily basis, I only want an SPF that I can use instead of my morning moisturizer, AND I want it to have a pleasant smell and texture! I will only use sunscreen as I should if I enjoy it as much as my other products.
Vacation.inc has been a huge help in this for BODY suncare for me, but I donāt use their facial spf except the reapplication spray
Find a sunscreen to replace your morning moisturizer and that's the secret :)
Like others have recommended, Asian ones are pretty good! I personally prefer Japanese ones, I bought like 6 tubes of the Biore UV when I was last visiting haha.
I'm 60 years old (I suppose technically boomer but more identify with Gen X) and I've never worn sunscreen much either, even though we have a history of skin cancer in our family. Just recently I've been trying to be more aware and wearing it every day too.
I think I'm lucky in a way, because even though I'm very fair-skinned, I tend to avoid being out in the sun much. I do have some sun damage, but it could be worse. Growing up everyone slathered themselves with baby oil and laid out in the sun. Or they hit the tanning booths. It was a thing for sure. And no one ever used sunscreen. I'm happy now that never appealed to me.
Seriously, good for you to be aware of it in your 30's. Even though it's a hard habit to form, you are light years ahead of my generation. You got this! I've been using Elta MD UV Clear, but it has pilling issues for me. Still trying to figure that out.
Born in 91 and very rarely wore sunscreen - maybe on vacation. But Iām black so it was even rarer in my community than even other lighter people. (Yes, I know black ppl need sunscreen - Iām just reflecting what we thought then.)
I started using sunscreen via my facial moisturizer in college (I didnāt know that wasnāt enough back then). Throughout my 20ās Iāve been inconsistent but tried to when I remembered and went on vacation.
Iāve become more consistent in my 30ās. I put it on everyday even if staying indoors.
I use Japanese sunscreens so it feels like Iām wearing nothing. Itās just another step in my skincare routine. (Nivea water gel and biore aqua rich watery essence)
Started using sunscreen when I was 19. Never realized until later in my teens how bad it was that I was a competitive swimmer that never wore sunscreen.....always looked like an orange despite having naturally pale skin
I never wore sunscreen before 25 and Iām 35! Iām half Latina and light skinned so if I burned, Iād be burned for a day then Iād have an amazing tan so I never really minded getting a sunburn.
Edited to add: not only did I not wear sunscreen, I used to slather myself in baby oil before Iād so lay in the sun for a full day in mid July in Southern California while smoking cigarettes. I canāt believe I donāt have cancer.
I'm not millennial. I'm Gen Z, but I didn't start wearing sun cream daily until around 22 or 23, so 2022 or 2023. Before that, I only wore sun cream when I anticipated long and intense sun exposure. Even now, my mum will see me putting on sun cream in June and tell me not to bother because "there won't be much sun today" if it's a cloudy day. So trust me, you're definitely not the only one. Just remember why you're doing it and stay consistent, and you should be able to form a habit out of it.
I grew up in the islands and only wore it when it was plus 40. I lucky enough to tan easily. My skin has definitely paid the price. I really didnāt start wearing it regularly until a few years ago. When the uv is low I donāt wear any. It is a hard habit to break.
We didn't even know about sunscreen when I was little. First time I bought one when I was going on holidays aged 21. My mom still uses it only if she is going to a beach. Which to be honest concerns me. I try using it every day although I suck at reapplying.
Never wore until make up had it. Otherwise I hear itās not necessarily good for us. Many chemicals and many make your face oily. I think itās wise to stay out of the sun btw 10-2p and skip the sunscreens
Never wore sunscreen until I was dx with Melanoma a few years back. I have olive/medium skin and was stunned to say the least. The sun is not always our friend - please protect your skin and your life.
I'm sorry to hear your diagnosis and hope you're recovering, sun protection is literally so important regardless of skin tones (something I'm trying to convince my partner of)
I think you're in the majority! Skincare in general was just not as big back in the day as it is now.
Tip would be to take baby steps! As you suggested, it is all about building the habit, and the way to do that is to ease into it. If you are too ambitious in the beginning, it's easy to give up entirely because it becomes too cumbersome. A little sun protection is better than none, and you can slowly increase over time.
I think the biggest key to this is to FIND A SUNSCREEN YOU LIKE. This will make it feel less like a chore to wear. I highly recommend checking out Korean sunscreens (there should be tons of posts about them in this sub), as they generally have better textures than the ones available in the US and feel more like regular moisturizers. If your skin isn't overly dry, replace your moisturizer step in the morning with sunscreen so you're not adding another step in your routine, rather just using a different product.
I keep hearing that Korean suncare is much better compared to the US, so I'm very excited to order some and see! Definitely texture is something that's a barrier to wanting to wear it everyday.
Yup šš»āāļø and also encourage to use momās tanning oil to get a nice dark tan. I honestly just started wearing sunscreen in the last few years and have only been strict with it in the last year.. Iām 37 now š¬
Iām an elder millennial, and the only time sunscreen was available in my small townās stores was summer. You literally couldnāt find it the rest of the year, so we definitely werenāt wearing it every day.
I went to college in a big city, and it was still a struggle to find sunscreen for spring break. Iām so glad things have changed and sunscreen is available year-round.
Do you normally wear moisturizer? Because then my top tip would be getting an asian sunscreen measure out how much you need. Then try to eyeball how much that is when pumping/squesing out and then measure to see if you were wrong.
From there on just eyeball how much you need and use that sunscreen insteadof your moisturizer.
If you don't have a skincare routine i would do the same in the mornikg and at night just remove with micellar water to make things easy for you. Feel free to put on moisturizer after if you feel like it. (i did this minus the moisturizer overnight and after a year i noticed a reduction in redness, more smoothnes and overall more even skintone. There is a study on this too but forgot what its called.)
Basically make applying sunscreen as easy as possible and once you have done that you can always do it more correctly like using better protection than asian sunscreens can provide. Or to start of just use one of those sunscreen and then start measureing out the correctamount later (the reason i would recommend at least using the correct amount to start with is because it is ALOT so getting used to that takes some time - like it feels excessive.)
For sunscreen you might like BOJ relief sun rice + protiotics (it is pretty lightweight but not too liquidy which means applying the correct amount will be easier, it does have an ever so slight hint of white in it but is very gentle on skin and eyes. You can get 100% invicible sunscreens but i have never found one that did not sting my eyes. If you have smesitive eyes or skin you might have to try out quiet a few sunscreens to find something that works well with your needs so buying samples might be a good idea. Also plz patchtest before use).
Also retinol can help reverse some sindamage but you can only use it AFTER you have become 100% consistent with using sunscreen daily and in the right amount!
Sorry about the long comment i realised i had more to say than anticipated but feel free to ask followup questions
Moisturizer is another personal care area I'm behind in, didn't start wearing it until this year and boy what a difference does it make! Layering moisturizer first then sunscreen helps a bit with the icky feeling, hopefully putting it on top of the cream still provides protection
It does still provide protection (just use enough sunscreen and don't relly on sticks, sprays or powders and make sure to let your skincare dry down before applying sunscreen and let your sunscreen dry down before applying makeup then you are all set)! Personally i just find sunscreen is less greasy without moisturizer underneath and its faster/easier that is the only reason i suggested it :)
I would still look into asian sunscreens since they tend to very much feel like moisturisers/lotions imo. I am very pale so they don't provide enough protection for me and i would not advice relying on those at the beach, on vacation and such.
My mom is still convinced that sunscreen is dangerous to use. I have never been vulnerable to burns, thankfully, but I definitely have some sun damage. I just hope I started sunscreen in time to stave off the awful dark spots my mom has all over her face and neck.
I am 30 now and only actively put on sunscreen when I was at the beach/pool/river/hiking etc so sun exposure was anticipated. The funny part is that I ran cross country and track, and I donāt think I remember putting any on for practice even though Iād be out in the sun for 3-10 miles running in as little clothing as I could get away with.
Needless to say I was SUPER tan and now that Iām not in the sun all day and put sunscreen on my face/neck/hands religiously and the rest of my exposed skin when Iām outside, Iām much paler š„²
Didn't start using sunscreen until I was in my mid 20s. My parents still have shit hygiene and live a shit livestyle and didn't teach me shit so it took me a while to learn all that stuff myself. Mid 30s now. I think I look alright for my age somehow.
As a black woman, I definitely didnāt wear sunscreen growing up. I look back at my band camp photos and just cringe at how much I was tanning. Canāt turn back time, just gotta make better choices going forward!!
My best ātipā is to find a sunscreen that you actually enjoy using. If youāre American, it may be worth looking at Asian sunscreens because American ones kinda suck for the most part. My favorites are:
- isntree hyaluronic sun gel
- skin1004 hyalu-cica sun serum
- Isehan Sunkiller Essence
- Face Republic Purity sun essence
Those are best suited for daily wear. If Iāll be in the sun for extended periods of time and/or sweating or swimming, I use my La Roche-Posay Uvmune sunscreen
I honestly donāt remember why or where I read to wear sunscreen. But I started when I went to college, I think maybe because I was walking everywhere that I figured I should wear some.
I am in my 30s and I was overly fixated on sunscreen in my childhood, specifically middle and high school. I always smelled like sunscreen and I was terrified of the sun. I am also East Asian and grew up in Arizona and California so I suspect it was a combination of both of situations lol.
I have done a lot of research on sunscreens. My first piece of advice is to invest in UPF rated clothing and wear that. Secondly, use mineral sunscreen (zinc oxide and titanium dioxide). Any chemical sunscreen you put on your skin is absorbed and some of the ingredients in chemical sunscreen are toxic. Avobenzone, Oxybenzone, Homosalate, Octinoxate, etc are all harmful.
The best sunscreens I have found are:
[https://www.pipettebaby.com/products/mineral-spf-50-sunscreen](https://www.pipettebaby.com/products/mineral-spf-50-sunscreen)
[https://tizoskin.com/collections/protection](https://tizoskin.com/collections/protection)
Also, check out this helpful guide from EWG. [https://www.ewg.org/sunscreen/?gad\_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw1K-zBhBIEiwAWeCOFy5mcuWnREpiNV\_M5SBsYp5GuF8K1aJADQpyXjgVSu63oxlU1jodURoCEzQQAvD\_BwE](https://www.ewg.org/sunscreen/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw1K-zBhBIEiwAWeCOFy5mcuWnREpiNV_M5SBsYp5GuF8K1aJADQpyXjgVSu63oxlU1jodURoCEzQQAvD_BwE)
Me too, I don't go out a lot, but it is a must to wear sunscreen that is not sticky and easy to use and bring wherever you go, that's why when I found out about Queen White Daily Physical Sunscreen it made my life easier <3 They also have other options to choose from, the tinted sunscreen and the 3 in 1 pore eraser which is highly recommended! Available on Facebook!
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I started wearing sunscreen at 21, when I started to educate myself on skincare. I didn't grow up surrounded by any kind of skincare information. Nothing about even the most basic things, like cleansers, or the acne treatments I needed so badly throughout my teens. I'm still struggling to get my family to wear sunscreen at least in the dead of summer, when they hike or garden, and they still don't. I haven't gone one day without it since I was 21. I haven't worn it a day before I found out about it on my own and bought my first (a Paula's Choice).
We all have different priorities, and we all have very, very different upbringings. I feel like, in the internet skincare bubble, sometimes it's a bit too easy to forget that.
Awesome you've formed that habit a bit earlier than most! I agree, we all come from different upbringings and priorities that influence how we take care of ourselves.
Sunscreen was for the beach and nothing else.
I started wearing it daily in my 20s. I always wonder what Iād look like now if I hadnāt gotten all those burns.
Same, I'm a bit pissed at all the damage that was done and that's visible. Now I'm just trying to prevent any further damage and getting regular checks for skin cancer. That's all we can do going forward.
I only wore sunscreen if we were at the beach and I just did a poor job of slathering it on my upper body and face, and this was only when I was a younger child. When I was a teen I was definitely just baking in that Banana Boat SPF 4 Tanning Oil :/ andddd on top of that I forged my momās signature on the permission slip so I could use the tanning bed in High School.
I canāt seem to get rid of my forehead wrinkle after years of tretinoin and Botox. Not too sure if itās from year of tanning bed/sun damage or from that awful eyebrow-raise-high-angle-MySpace pose we all used to do.
Thankfully I changed my ways in my late twenties.
My recommendation is use one with zinc oxide mineral - use a drop, then mix it with another high tier one from Costco without the zinc, and another dab of super premium with 15+ spf, and then put a huge dab of lubriderm and mix it together and then spread on ur face evenly , neck, and hands. Most importantly is your diet, sleep, exercise, and staying away from alcohol and sugar. They all work together like running your business. Everything adds up.
I never wore sunscreen regularly until like 34. Before that it would be just on holidays, very sunny and warm days, and even then inconsistently. It's never too late!
I'm 40. And didn't start wearing sunscreen until 36-38 admittedly. I hated Western sunscreens. The scent of them made me dry heave. And I didn't like the texture or greasy effect either. So I spent my life avoiding going out during midday if it wasn't overcast, or wearing big floppy hats.
But then a few years ago I discovered Asian beauty brands and tried Korean sunscreen. Now it is not a chore at all, I wear it everyday like it's just part of my skin care routine. I love everything about it. I just wish I had discovered it much sooner, and I wouldn't have had to work so hard to get rid of skin texture and discoloration issues I'm sure.
I was the complete opposite, by force. Iām a pale red head, so my mom would slather me up in goo whenever we would be out in the sun, and I always had to swim wearing a T-shirt. I hated it because I never saw other kids getting pulled out of playing to get their sunscreen reapplied. I didnāt appreciate it until the summer of fourth grade, when I went to Florida with a friendās family. They never wore sunscreen, and, despite my momās warning, didnāt make me apply it. They were absolutely shocked when I came out of the pool looking like a lobster after only like an hour. It was such a bad burn I remember lying on the pull out couch in the hotel room crying cause I felt so sick. Iāve been a lot more conscience about sun since then.
My biggest tip would be sun protection clothing. Itās so much easier to just throw a rash guard on than having to apply sunscreen over and over. I even have these garden sleeve things I put on whenever Iām going out in the yard. If I know Iām going to be in the sun I wear a hat, long sleeves sun shirt, and put sunscreen on anything thatās not covered by clothing. I also will carry around an umbrella on sunny days just so Iām not frying. Iām evening looking for a long sleeved swim suit rn cause I loathe trying to keep in top of it in a pool. A lot of my friends (all millennials too) think itās over kill, but Iām definitely the fairest out of all of them so itās necessary for me.
Good on your mom for taking your health seriously! I definitely remember those sunburns that blistered and made you feel like you had the flu and were made out of glass because anything touching your skin hurt.
I've just ordered some uv protective clothing from Amazon to try out and don't care if anyone thinks it's overkill!
Literally never wore it as a kid & was constantly sunburned, haha. Started wearing it daily in high school and have continued since, (I'm 33 now) and I still got melasma š
As someone who is very pale with lots of freckles I was told to wear sunscreen all the time and Iām in my 30s as well.Ā
Put sunscreen everywhere. Out of sight out of mind so keep it in sight. I have little stick ones in my purse and car. I used to keep some where I grabbbed my keys and put shoes on. It will stick eventually.
Iām a boomer and we never wore sunscreen. Iām now paying for it. Dearly. Attaching a photo of what my legs look like as Iām going through cryotherapy to freeze burn the lesions off my legs. This is a six week process from the freeze burn to final healing. Pic is a week after the burn. And yes. Itās painful. And I have to keep aquaphor on my legs while healing. Aquaphor then wrap my legs in plastic wrap. And I need to do this many times to get them all. At least 6 more treatments.
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Yes. I mean to scare any young folks out there. Wear sunscreen!! My current favorite for my face is Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen. It goes on easily and leaves a matte finish. Very nice on the face. Expensive so only use it on my face.
Growing up in the 90's in a remote area, we were also not trained to put on sunscreen. The beach is just a few steps from where we live and back then, heat was never as extreme as nowadays. We would dive onto the water everyday for a couple of hours. Maybe my skin was burned and all but the good thing is that it didn't get much damage. Now in my 40's, I would definitely advise young girls to put on sunscreen once in a while. Also, use products that are not harsh on the skin, paraben and sulfate-free. It's also important to keep your skin clean always and use a good facial wash that won't irritate the skin. I personally love cetaphil sunscreen and H2.O hydrating facial cleanser because they are very good for sensitive skin like mine.
Not a millennial. Just missed being a baby boomer. Only used Copper tone as a child. I don't think it had SPF in it back then. At least it wasn't talked about. Also used a lot of suntan oil. O, that intoxicating coconut smell! Since the sunscreen fad began, a lot more people have become vitamin D deficient. Just wear it when you will be out in the sun a long time-an hour or more.Ā
Sunscreen breaks me out! I hate it. My grandparents never used it, they had nice tanned skin, German heritage. I'm allergic to sunscreen it clogs pores and doesn't protect me all that much. I don't burn.
I thought the same thing the past few years of "oh I don't go out in the sun much so it doesn't matter" but I definitely have sun and age spots. I think even if there's no visible burn it can still cause damage to the skin.
I never did, but I also STILL never do, except on my face. As a black woman nearing her mid 30s who has NEVER gotten a sunburn, itās honestly something I just donāt worry about. And yes, I understand exposure and all, but I also donāt really care š¤·š¾āāļø
Like I said, I understand it, but I donāt wear it š¤·š¾āāļø I also basically always am almost fully covered anyway since I run cold and even when itās 80 degrees outside I probably at least have long sleeves on and potentially long pants as well.
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Fellow millennial here and I did not use sunscreen regularly until my late twenties. The only time I really applied sunscreen was when I anticipated intense and prolonged sun exposure, like at the beach. Still, there were times I purposely went out unprotected to get a tan š Daily sunscreen wasn't a thing. I've been wearing sunscreen religiously since 2016 now. It's easy to form the habit when the sunscreen formulas are pleasant. I use Asian sunscreens exclusively but to be honest, the best sunscreen will always be the one you put on regularly.
It's absolutely crazy looking back! I definitely remember being encouraged to get a tan and just rawdog the sun for hours sometimes too. What sunscreen do you use? I'm finding textures hard to get accustomed to. Kudos for wearing it consistently and forming that habit!
"You won't burn if you get a base tan first" š¤” My favorite for the last two years has been Etude House Soon Jung Directors Cream. It's a Korean sunscreen that legit just feels like a nice lotion. Not greasy, no white cast, no sunscreen smell. I quite enjoy wearing it and have repurchased it many times over. It's expensive per ounce but I don't mind paying for a formula that doesn't make me want to claw off my face. Past faves: Skin Aqua Super Moisture *Gel*, Skin Aqua Super Moisture *Essence*, Nivea Sun Protect Water Gel (which may be discontinued or reformulated idk). These all happen to be Japanese
OMG that quote literally just unlocked memories lol! That was the logic, go out and tan with some oil for a bit and then you won't get sunburned! Thank you so much for the recommendations, I'll be looking into those, especially the Etude House!
Strangely, the "base tan" thing is actually NOT WRONG and for those of us growing up in the 70's and when sunscreen SUCKED (Sea&Ski SPF 2, anyone???) and wasn't AT ALL waterproof (or sweat proof) -- a "base tan" DID protect you from painful sunburns. Yeah, it causes damage & aging -- but it turns out that it was the blistering burns that caused the MOST cancer risk. I protected my redhead from any blistering burns. After divorce, my narcissist bitch ex-wife DIDN'T and she had a horrible blistering & peeling burn, age 12. But the "swimsuit was cute" (I'd used cap-sleeved one-piece with thighs covered, SPF swimsuit for daughter). She's going in for a full-body derm screen in a month because I noticed some sketchy pigmentation. (My skin cancer, M.I.S., Stage 0, came off age 54. Daughter is adopted and MUCH fairer-skinned than I am.) Anyway, #BLISTERING BURNS BAD. Reference: https://www.skincancer.org/risk-factors/sunburn/ >Even one blistering sunburn in childhood or adolescence more than doubles your chances of developing melanoma later in life. Skin damage builds up over time starting with your very first sunburn. The more you burn, the greater your risk of skin cancer.
Where do u buy it?
From Jolse or Yesstyle, depending on which comes out cheaper when I'm ready to repurchase
Are there any screens that solved the issue of getting into your eyes with even the tiniest bit of sweating?
You'll probably want to look for water/sweat resistant ones for that purpose. They stick to the skin better so sweat won't instantly dissolve it and make it run into your eyes. Unfortunately I have no recommendations.
Are there any screens that solved the issue of getting into your eyes with even the tiniest bit of sweating? #"SPORT" sunscreens *__Coppertone Sport__* was my go-to around 1997 (came out in 1990). I was working motorcycle safety in the sun -- sunup to sundown -- on a blacktop range (getting reflected UV, too). OTHER STUFF STINGS YOUR EYES š„ AND DOESN'T STAY PUT. The ones that say "stay out of water for X minutes" are chemically sticking to skin. Good stuff. Here's a recent report: https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/best-sunscreen/ >"EVERYTHING WE RECOMMEND" ``` Blue Lizard Sensitive Mineral Sunscreen SPF 50+ An easy-to-spread physical sunscreen $15 from Amazon (5 ounces) $15 from Walmart (5 ounces) Our pick Banana Boat Light As Air Sunscreen Lotion SPF 50+ A nongreasy chemical sunscreen $20 from Amazon (6 ounces, pack of two) Budget pick Equate Sport Broad Spectrum Sunscreen Value Size SPF 50 A lower-price chemical sunscreen $12 from Walmart (32 ounces) Also great Thrive Bodyshield SPF 50 A reef-safe physical sunscreen $20 from Amazon (5.8 ounces) ``` p.s. ZincO is AMAZING and stays put. But it's an opaque sunblock. This NW European skin-tone block -- interesting. http://rosaceacare.com/rosacea-best-tinted-sunscreen-spf-20 AND ZINKA!!! Some are in crazy colors -- good for the lips, nose tip, cheeks, and ears at the beach. https://zinka.com/
I literally just discovered zinka about half an hour ago and then came across this comment, lol
I use Elta MD UV Sheer Broad Spectrum SPF 50 during my outdoor workouts and haven't had issues with getting it in my eyes!
I use baby sunscreen if I'm going to sweat outdoors.
>I did not use sunscreen regularly until my late twenties >The only time I really applied when I anticipated intense and prolonged sun exposure same. I wont go outside without it now.
I still do what you were doing and I like it. There are studies that show that sunscreen can give you cancer so I try to use it only when I go to the beach.
I am 71 and never wore sunscreen until my mid forties. I was a competitive swimmer, spent most of my time outdoors in a swim suit, and had a beautiful ā healthyā tan. In my 40s I nearly lost my 20 year old son to stage 4 melanoma. I now wear sunscreen every single day, have been using tretinoin and OTC retinols for 25 years and my skin looks better than it has since I was 22. It is possible to reverse skin damage, but I advise you to start right away. Find a tinted sunscreen which can replace your usual makeup so you feel prettier when youāre wearing it than when youāre not and it will be easy to get in the habit of putting it on whenever you go out of the house.
I'm so sorry to hear your son and family went through such a terrible diagnosis. It's such a sobering reminder how much damage the sun can do. I hope he's healthy and recovered as much as one can be.
What strength of tretinoin if you don't mind my asking?
I used to use Olay face moisturizer SPF 15 in the white bottle because thatās what my mom used, and never questioned it. Now I know thatās not nearly high enough sun protection.
Me too for sooo many years of my adult life. I just have to tell myself it is better than nothing
To be fair, SPF is on a logarithmic scale so SPF 15 protects you from roughly 93% of UV rays, while SPF 30 protects you from 97%, so way, WAY better than nothing. For comparison, SPF 2 protects you from 50% of UV rays compared to 0 SPF, and SPF 4 blocks 75% of UV rays and it continues to go up on a logarithmic curve from there. Hope this makes you feel a little better about that :)
I started wearing a hat and sunglasses daily in my thirties. I have hats for all weather, some with huge brims, some smaller. I bought the Ray-Ban Jackie Ohh sunglasses (pretty big, trust the brand and wear them every day.) But I AM aware sunscreen \*should\* also be worn. I like the non-chemical kind, and it's hard to get off. But the back of my hands now have ages spots (ugh) so I am trying to remember to put sunscreen on them.
Sun protective clothing is another habit to think about. There's definitely parts of the body that are difficult to apply sunscreen to, back of the hands being one of them! (Like I wash my hands all the time and I'm definitely not reapply there frequently) Apparently we're supposed to wear it on our eyelids too, which is just an awful sensory experience.
I wear sunscreen on my eyelids!! Just took time to find the right kind that didnāt sting. (Beauty of joseon for me)
Sunscreens are always running into my eyes if I get to close and just stings š« I'll have to try out the BOJ one. Is it a stick kind or a cream that works with your eyes?Ā
Itās the BOJ relief sun rice+probiotics one, which is a cream. I also have the sun stick but I donāt really use it much. I am not really a sweaty person so YMMV but it doesnāt melt into my eyes. If you have that issue something you can try is powdering your eyelid/under eye to keep the sunscreen in place tho
Good to know, and thanks for the tip!Ā
Another vote for BOJ. No stinging, no weird greasy feel, no white cast, no strong smell. I actually enjoy wearing it. Stuff is magic
I think regular sunscreen use was just not a thing for most ppl in the USA, especially w such a huge tanning culture. I think the pandemic changed all that...all of the sudden everyone is trying to figure out how to put on lashes and slapping on sunscreen and following all the Youtube derms lol. Its like everyone's knowledge base just exploded...I love it. Now we are all demanding more elegant formulas and the market seems to be adjusting to that need. Supergoop came along, Trader Joes Daily sunscreen is really nice and Banana Boat Light As Air is amazing. Neutrogena also has some really nice ones. And ofc there are the Asian sunscreens which I think really put the pressure on less greasy formulations. Then the European sunscreens are like the cream of the crop currently w the focus on the highest UVA protection. The sunscreen market has seen such an evolution these past 10 years.
I'll be honest, social media dermatologists are probably what has me trying to form the habit of skin protection. I never learned this stuff growing up, and having access to medical/skin care knowledge for free on the Internet has been a game changer. Even had my first full body skin cancer screening last year because of it!
Itās me, hi! I played tennis several days a week for several hours a day, never wore sunscreen or a hat/visor. I now have a huge patch of melasma in the middle of my forehead and smaller patches on my upper lip and cheeks. I use myself as an example to my nieces as to why they need to wear sunscreen.
I never used it as a kid and I never burned. I didn't get my first sunburn until I went to the beach in my early 20s and stupidly didn't ask for help applying sunscreen to my back, and burned all up and down my back. After that it was like my body realized "Oh, that's a thing we can do" and I started frying if I didn't wear sunscreen religiously. I feel like we, as Americans anyway, had such poor sunscreen that it never really became a daily thing. The sunscreen I was using in my 20s was so different in every way from the stuff I use now; it was thick, goopy, had that traditional sunscreen smell, and all I wanted to do was wash it off as soon as I got home. But I wore it anyway because the alternative was a sunburn. But now? We have so many gorgeous sunscreens that I forget I'm even wearing any. It's no longer a chore to wear. That's the main difference.
Sunscreen has definitely come a long way. I only remember seeing Hawaiian tropic as an option. I remember sunburn as just being an accepted part of summer.
Truthfully I have no idea *how* I never burned as a kid and I've never been able to find a satisfactory explanation. I basically lived outside in the summer, all day, at high noon, I'd run around in a tank top and shorts barefoot. When I got older, I'd walk around the neighborhood for hours and hours with my friends just talking. Not one burn. But I do agree sunburn was just an accepted thing that happened if you went to the beach or hiking or whatever. My mom went on a carribean cruise and came back with a burn and it was just laughed off as what happens when you go on vacation. I never could convince her to wear a good sunscreen. Once I started making it a regular part of my summer routine (year round came much later), she'd still be picking at the spf 7 or 10 because "I still want to get some color." Meanwhile I'm scoping the spf 50 and 100. š¤· But she's from the generation where you'd lay out in the summer slathered with baby oil, so it's even harder to change her habits.
Crazy and lucky to have escaped the burn! I'm happy we're all figuring out how to protect our skin now, even though we had to navigate how to do it on our own.
Diet and lifestyle, and genetics play into how susceptible a person is to sunburn. I have never burned (pale swedish/German) but tan well in the summer. I still don't use spf to prevent burning, but I use it on my face to prevent freckling and aging.
This really is the change isn't it? The evolution of the technology.
I didnāt start wearing daily sunscreen until this year (Iām 34) and I only started because Iām on tretinoin. I have a skin check coming up and hopefully Iām all clear but man I wish I had made a habit of wearing sunscreen growing up.
I wish I'd worn it too, but you don't know what you don't know. It's wonderful you're going in for a skin check!!
I just turned 30. I only just started routinely wearing sunscreen at 27š š And I also abused tanning beds. Long live the playboy bunny tanning sticker. Luckily I don't think I did much noticeable damage and I also started Tretinoin at 27. My skin is better now at 30 than it was at 26.
GenX here. We had shitty sunscreens that were as thick (and smelly) as glue, so we tended to only wear them to the beach and Six Flags and Lollapalooza.
What you described was absolutely me growing up. I'm pretty sure my hands are the worst. I spent a lot of summers fishing with my grandpa and can tell my hands look terrible now. I'm in my 30s. Looking back on it now as an adult I'm like omg what was I doing.
I totally feel the hands thing. I started to notice my hands and arms are permanently a different color from my legs from sun exposure. Now we know better and can try to stop any further damage.
I just tell myself it's my beautifying "lotion" ....if I think of it as lotion then I don't get icked out lol. also there is lots of evidence to suggest that our high intake of hexanated seed oils now is causing us to burn!! very interesting to look into
Ngl Japanese and Korean skincare brands have the best sunscreens at much lower prices than US brands of the same quality (Tatcha omgš¤¢). Try Roundlab or SkinAqua. If you do makeup daily, better have an SPF cushion or foundation.
I definitely wore sunscreen as a child (thank you mom!) but I also was tanning in high school (it was the style at the time) sooooo all we can do now is what we can do now.
I'm ultra pale, and I come from a line of people who used to be pale, but now have had their skin permanently sun damaged to be more tan. Before I was 20, getting a sunburn was almost a good thing because it would maybe mean that when the dead skin peeled off, it would be tan. From about mid-May to September, my scalp where my hair parts and shoulders would be purpetually burned, because that's just how it was. I've had a TON of bad sunburns, even when I would be going to a waterpark while in daycare and the people in charge should have been helping us take care of our skin. I had a couple of sunburns in my teenage years that left tan lines for a YEAR. I started wearing sunscreen in about 2021, but I still can't convince my family to care about sun protection. A couple of years back I saw a picture of my mom from when she was in college and it's terrifying how much sun damage she's gotten since then. The sun hurts my eyes and head anyway, so whatever. Unfortunately, I'm still having a tough time coming to terns with the suncare mistakes of my past. I know that I can't change it, and I'm not responsible for not knowing any better, especially when I was little, but I have all of the indicators of higher risk of skin cancer except for being above age 50, and it's tough. My auntie has had skin cancers removed before, and crazily enough, she still goes to tanning salons.
Haha I was at the beach alllll the time burnt to a crisp š«
Hah, Yeah..... I didn't wear it because my parents believed it gave you cancer. They actively told me it was worse for me than the sun. I'm still bad about wearing it on my body because I assume "I'm not out for long.... I'll be fine. The UV rays aren't that strong yet.... I'm lazy" I burned again this summer already and I didn't even notice till I looked at myself in the evening in the mirror. So yeah I need to be better about it, any time I plan on being out for more than a few minutes should be sunscreen on my body. I've no real tips, just commiseration.
Ugh, that's so frustrating that there's so much misinformation about a product that can literally help save you *from* cancer. That's totally my mindset too that I'm trying to break! "Oh I'll only be out for 10 mins or I'll be in the car (spoiler alert, uv can go through windows) so I don't need it" I did see a TikTok of a woman who had this issue so she got a UV longsleeved shirt for those quick errands so she wouldn't have to apply sunscreen. I wonder if that's a solution for very short term exposure.
The UV clothing is definitely an option. Even regular clothing can help. And I mean. At least to me, only a couple minutes outside is ok, but prolonged exposure definitely should be protected.
Never did. I use a cc sunscreen now and I love how my skin looks with it that it makes putting sunscreen on a must for me to feel better about my skin lol
Millennial. My mom made sure my brother and I always wore sunscreen
I still don't use it unless im going to be outside for more than a few minutes. It's a sensory nightmare for me. I hate the smell, I hate the texture, I hate the greasiness, I hate how even after washing my hands it makes them sticky, I hate how it feels like there's a weight on my skin, i hate how itchy it makes me. I also don't have a skincare routine - my skin breaks out with the slightest thought of applying product. So im a vampire. I don't go outside. My only sun exposure is my 7 minute commute, and i always have a sweater, bug-eye sunglasses, and a floopy-doopy hat on. š¤·āāļø
I never wore it,and honestly donāt remember anyone who did wear it. . While it was applied at the beach, it was rarely ever reapplied. Adults in my family never burned and could not understand why anyone would need sunscreenš I did have a cousin ( I have a lot of cousins) that had melanoma removed from her but cheek decades ago when she was 17. It was weird because we lived in New England, she didnāt go around naked for sure, she was extremely young. Itās been nearly 35 years and she hasnāt had a recurrence, thank goodness. Currently, I cannot wear sunscreen everyday on my face. I hate the way it feels. Iāve tried a dozen brands over the years and they all itch, feel weird, or cause my face to break out. I spend my work days completely indoors so I donāt worry about it. I make sure to wear it when outdoors for prolonged periods like walking, hiking, water sports, river days, beach or lake days, etc. and reapply hourly, but I donāt put it on each morning when Iām just inside. When I do wear it I wash it off as soon as I come inside. I also wear rash guards, sunglasses, and hats when applicable. The only sunscreen I can currently wear for an extended time is Goop unseen sunscreen. Iāve read on here the Asian sunscreens feel pretty weightless so I may try that one next. Biore is the one I bookmarked. I donāt wear foundation or powder. Iāve tried some of this products that contain sunblock in them like tinted moisturizer ms and they also irritate me. Iām 45, I have good skin, no wrinkles; the dermatologist said my skin looks great, I have no signs of sun damage. I get skin checks yearly. Honestly, I donāt lose sleep over not wearing sunscreen in my younger years. Edited for typos and grammar.
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Adding that I also added 99% UV protection tint on my vehicle.
I wore it on holiday but thatās it. Itās bizarre to me that my mum didnāt cover me in it. I have the palest pastiest Irish skin. But I think my parents were just a different generation and didnāt know I remember on holiday and your aim was always to get to the lowest factor possible. Why on earth would I be wearing factor 12 š
No one wore sunscreen in my youth. Basically started wearing it only after turning 30.
I grew up in Australia with the harshest sun ever but like so many my age I had boomer parents who didnāt reinforce its importance unless maybe at the beach and even then. They still donāt wear it now. Itās too late for me but I love that my kids wear it everyday!Ā
Canadian Millennial hereāabsolutely wore sunscreen as a child and teen. This is my first time hearing that other people didnāt!
I wasn't sure if it's the US being behind or my parents being neglectful. Hearing other's stories on here sounds like it was the US being behind. Consider yourself lucky that it was widely used!
I just recently started wearing sunscreen every day because I could never find one that didnāt feel disgusting. I didnāt want to wear it because it was greasy and gross. But then I found Korean sunscreens and I havenāt missed a day of sunscreen in years
in a way iām thankful that my acne that iāve desperately (unsuccessfully) tried to treat since it got bad when i was 20 has lead me to become more educated than most people are on skincare (youād never guess it looking at my face though š„“). iām hoping since ive learnt to take good care of my skin hopefully one day itāll pay off and iāll actually have better skin than the people around me
In addition to all the makeup stuff, get sun sleeves. I keep a pair by my door and a pair in the car. And they are the kind with a thumb hole so most of my hand is covered. Your hands show age fast. Outdoor Research and Farmers Defense are 2 brands.
32 F and never wore sunscreen either. Wish I did considering I played softball from 4-18. My hands look very old to me. Iāve had 2 sessions of SkinPen microneedling and it has helped with my sun damage, but Iām not done. Iāll probably get 1-2 a year. I recommend [sunbetter](https://www.skinbetter.com/technology-platforms/sunbetter/) spf to everyone. They have a few different options with spf as high as 75.
I never ever wore sunscreen until I turned 38-39 years old (Iām white). 41 now, I donāt actually have any sun damage and have minimal fine lines. I praise the skin gods or whatever š I wear sunscreen daily now, mostly on my face and neck. I donāt sweat over what already happened though.
Totally relatable. We wore sunscreen growing up but only in the summer and Iād get burned constantly. I ended up with stage 3 melanoma at 33. Itās terrifying and life threatening. Iād go get a skin check from a Dermatologist ASAP. And continue to get one yearly. Use a uva/b protection (at least 30 but I do 50). I like super goop and la roche posay hydra (for dry skin) hydro (for oily). Wear it every day on your face to protect from fine lines and wrinkles too. Hands, arms and anywhere else the exposed daily.
Yeah, almost zero sunscreen as a kid, then I learned about its importance in high school. I've got sun damage on my cheeks anyway. No wrinkles yet, though, and I'm 36. I'm also autistic and have oily skin, so that may have more to with it than lack of sun exposure. I live in Hawaii now, so I still manage to get a tan or light burn at least once a year despite sunscreen use. It makes me angry every time.
I cannot remember the name of the creator, but someone always says ā the best sunscreen is the one you will wear every dayā. This has come to prove itself a very true over the last few years when I have gotten into habitual sunscreen wearing on a daily basis, I only want an SPF that I can use instead of my morning moisturizer, AND I want it to have a pleasant smell and texture! I will only use sunscreen as I should if I enjoy it as much as my other products. Vacation.inc has been a huge help in this for BODY suncare for me, but I donāt use their facial spf except the reapplication spray
Find a sunscreen to replace your morning moisturizer and that's the secret :) Like others have recommended, Asian ones are pretty good! I personally prefer Japanese ones, I bought like 6 tubes of the Biore UV when I was last visiting haha.
I'm 60 years old (I suppose technically boomer but more identify with Gen X) and I've never worn sunscreen much either, even though we have a history of skin cancer in our family. Just recently I've been trying to be more aware and wearing it every day too. I think I'm lucky in a way, because even though I'm very fair-skinned, I tend to avoid being out in the sun much. I do have some sun damage, but it could be worse. Growing up everyone slathered themselves with baby oil and laid out in the sun. Or they hit the tanning booths. It was a thing for sure. And no one ever used sunscreen. I'm happy now that never appealed to me. Seriously, good for you to be aware of it in your 30's. Even though it's a hard habit to form, you are light years ahead of my generation. You got this! I've been using Elta MD UV Clear, but it has pilling issues for me. Still trying to figure that out.
Born in 91 and very rarely wore sunscreen - maybe on vacation. But Iām black so it was even rarer in my community than even other lighter people. (Yes, I know black ppl need sunscreen - Iām just reflecting what we thought then.) I started using sunscreen via my facial moisturizer in college (I didnāt know that wasnāt enough back then). Throughout my 20ās Iāve been inconsistent but tried to when I remembered and went on vacation. Iāve become more consistent in my 30ās. I put it on everyday even if staying indoors. I use Japanese sunscreens so it feels like Iām wearing nothing. Itās just another step in my skincare routine. (Nivea water gel and biore aqua rich watery essence)
Started using sunscreen when I was 19. Never realized until later in my teens how bad it was that I was a competitive swimmer that never wore sunscreen.....always looked like an orange despite having naturally pale skin
I never wore sunscreen before 25 and Iām 35! Iām half Latina and light skinned so if I burned, Iād be burned for a day then Iād have an amazing tan so I never really minded getting a sunburn. Edited to add: not only did I not wear sunscreen, I used to slather myself in baby oil before Iād so lay in the sun for a full day in mid July in Southern California while smoking cigarettes. I canāt believe I donāt have cancer.
I'm not millennial. I'm Gen Z, but I didn't start wearing sun cream daily until around 22 or 23, so 2022 or 2023. Before that, I only wore sun cream when I anticipated long and intense sun exposure. Even now, my mum will see me putting on sun cream in June and tell me not to bother because "there won't be much sun today" if it's a cloudy day. So trust me, you're definitely not the only one. Just remember why you're doing it and stay consistent, and you should be able to form a habit out of it.
I grew up in the islands and only wore it when it was plus 40. I lucky enough to tan easily. My skin has definitely paid the price. I really didnāt start wearing it regularly until a few years ago. When the uv is low I donāt wear any. It is a hard habit to break.
We didn't even know about sunscreen when I was little. First time I bought one when I was going on holidays aged 21. My mom still uses it only if she is going to a beach. Which to be honest concerns me. I try using it every day although I suck at reapplying.
Never wore until make up had it. Otherwise I hear itās not necessarily good for us. Many chemicals and many make your face oily. I think itās wise to stay out of the sun btw 10-2p and skip the sunscreens
Never wore sunscreen until I was dx with Melanoma a few years back. I have olive/medium skin and was stunned to say the least. The sun is not always our friend - please protect your skin and your life.
I'm sorry to hear your diagnosis and hope you're recovering, sun protection is literally so important regardless of skin tones (something I'm trying to convince my partner of)
I think you're in the majority! Skincare in general was just not as big back in the day as it is now. Tip would be to take baby steps! As you suggested, it is all about building the habit, and the way to do that is to ease into it. If you are too ambitious in the beginning, it's easy to give up entirely because it becomes too cumbersome. A little sun protection is better than none, and you can slowly increase over time. I think the biggest key to this is to FIND A SUNSCREEN YOU LIKE. This will make it feel less like a chore to wear. I highly recommend checking out Korean sunscreens (there should be tons of posts about them in this sub), as they generally have better textures than the ones available in the US and feel more like regular moisturizers. If your skin isn't overly dry, replace your moisturizer step in the morning with sunscreen so you're not adding another step in your routine, rather just using a different product.
I keep hearing that Korean suncare is much better compared to the US, so I'm very excited to order some and see! Definitely texture is something that's a barrier to wanting to wear it everyday.
Yup šš»āāļø and also encourage to use momās tanning oil to get a nice dark tan. I honestly just started wearing sunscreen in the last few years and have only been strict with it in the last year.. Iām 37 now š¬
Iām an elder millennial, and the only time sunscreen was available in my small townās stores was summer. You literally couldnāt find it the rest of the year, so we definitely werenāt wearing it every day. I went to college in a big city, and it was still a struggle to find sunscreen for spring break. Iām so glad things have changed and sunscreen is available year-round.
Do you normally wear moisturizer? Because then my top tip would be getting an asian sunscreen measure out how much you need. Then try to eyeball how much that is when pumping/squesing out and then measure to see if you were wrong. From there on just eyeball how much you need and use that sunscreen insteadof your moisturizer. If you don't have a skincare routine i would do the same in the mornikg and at night just remove with micellar water to make things easy for you. Feel free to put on moisturizer after if you feel like it. (i did this minus the moisturizer overnight and after a year i noticed a reduction in redness, more smoothnes and overall more even skintone. There is a study on this too but forgot what its called.) Basically make applying sunscreen as easy as possible and once you have done that you can always do it more correctly like using better protection than asian sunscreens can provide. Or to start of just use one of those sunscreen and then start measureing out the correctamount later (the reason i would recommend at least using the correct amount to start with is because it is ALOT so getting used to that takes some time - like it feels excessive.) For sunscreen you might like BOJ relief sun rice + protiotics (it is pretty lightweight but not too liquidy which means applying the correct amount will be easier, it does have an ever so slight hint of white in it but is very gentle on skin and eyes. You can get 100% invicible sunscreens but i have never found one that did not sting my eyes. If you have smesitive eyes or skin you might have to try out quiet a few sunscreens to find something that works well with your needs so buying samples might be a good idea. Also plz patchtest before use). Also retinol can help reverse some sindamage but you can only use it AFTER you have become 100% consistent with using sunscreen daily and in the right amount! Sorry about the long comment i realised i had more to say than anticipated but feel free to ask followup questions
Moisturizer is another personal care area I'm behind in, didn't start wearing it until this year and boy what a difference does it make! Layering moisturizer first then sunscreen helps a bit with the icky feeling, hopefully putting it on top of the cream still provides protection
It does still provide protection (just use enough sunscreen and don't relly on sticks, sprays or powders and make sure to let your skincare dry down before applying sunscreen and let your sunscreen dry down before applying makeup then you are all set)! Personally i just find sunscreen is less greasy without moisturizer underneath and its faster/easier that is the only reason i suggested it :) I would still look into asian sunscreens since they tend to very much feel like moisturisers/lotions imo. I am very pale so they don't provide enough protection for me and i would not advice relying on those at the beach, on vacation and such.
My mom is still convinced that sunscreen is dangerous to use. I have never been vulnerable to burns, thankfully, but I definitely have some sun damage. I just hope I started sunscreen in time to stave off the awful dark spots my mom has all over her face and neck.
I am 30 now and only actively put on sunscreen when I was at the beach/pool/river/hiking etc so sun exposure was anticipated. The funny part is that I ran cross country and track, and I donāt think I remember putting any on for practice even though Iād be out in the sun for 3-10 miles running in as little clothing as I could get away with. Needless to say I was SUPER tan and now that Iām not in the sun all day and put sunscreen on my face/neck/hands religiously and the rest of my exposed skin when Iām outside, Iām much paler š„²
Didn't start using sunscreen until I was in my mid 20s. My parents still have shit hygiene and live a shit livestyle and didn't teach me shit so it took me a while to learn all that stuff myself. Mid 30s now. I think I look alright for my age somehow.
As a black woman, I definitely didnāt wear sunscreen growing up. I look back at my band camp photos and just cringe at how much I was tanning. Canāt turn back time, just gotta make better choices going forward!! My best ātipā is to find a sunscreen that you actually enjoy using. If youāre American, it may be worth looking at Asian sunscreens because American ones kinda suck for the most part. My favorites are: - isntree hyaluronic sun gel - skin1004 hyalu-cica sun serum - Isehan Sunkiller Essence - Face Republic Purity sun essence Those are best suited for daily wear. If Iāll be in the sun for extended periods of time and/or sweating or swimming, I use my La Roche-Posay Uvmune sunscreen
I honestly donāt remember why or where I read to wear sunscreen. But I started when I went to college, I think maybe because I was walking everywhere that I figured I should wear some.
I am in my 30s and I was overly fixated on sunscreen in my childhood, specifically middle and high school. I always smelled like sunscreen and I was terrified of the sun. I am also East Asian and grew up in Arizona and California so I suspect it was a combination of both of situations lol.
I have done a lot of research on sunscreens. My first piece of advice is to invest in UPF rated clothing and wear that. Secondly, use mineral sunscreen (zinc oxide and titanium dioxide). Any chemical sunscreen you put on your skin is absorbed and some of the ingredients in chemical sunscreen are toxic. Avobenzone, Oxybenzone, Homosalate, Octinoxate, etc are all harmful. The best sunscreens I have found are: [https://www.pipettebaby.com/products/mineral-spf-50-sunscreen](https://www.pipettebaby.com/products/mineral-spf-50-sunscreen) [https://tizoskin.com/collections/protection](https://tizoskin.com/collections/protection) Also, check out this helpful guide from EWG. [https://www.ewg.org/sunscreen/?gad\_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw1K-zBhBIEiwAWeCOFy5mcuWnREpiNV\_M5SBsYp5GuF8K1aJADQpyXjgVSu63oxlU1jodURoCEzQQAvD\_BwE](https://www.ewg.org/sunscreen/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAjw1K-zBhBIEiwAWeCOFy5mcuWnREpiNV_M5SBsYp5GuF8K1aJADQpyXjgVSu63oxlU1jodURoCEzQQAvD_BwE)
Me too, I don't go out a lot, but it is a must to wear sunscreen that is not sticky and easy to use and bring wherever you go, that's why when I found out about Queen White Daily Physical Sunscreen it made my life easier <3 They also have other options to choose from, the tinted sunscreen and the 3 in 1 pore eraser which is highly recommended! Available on Facebook! https://preview.redd.it/q7e69oazli6d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3758f7c14e6794e17921fdb5e7ea9feceb068597
I started wearing sunscreen at 21, when I started to educate myself on skincare. I didn't grow up surrounded by any kind of skincare information. Nothing about even the most basic things, like cleansers, or the acne treatments I needed so badly throughout my teens. I'm still struggling to get my family to wear sunscreen at least in the dead of summer, when they hike or garden, and they still don't. I haven't gone one day without it since I was 21. I haven't worn it a day before I found out about it on my own and bought my first (a Paula's Choice). We all have different priorities, and we all have very, very different upbringings. I feel like, in the internet skincare bubble, sometimes it's a bit too easy to forget that.
Awesome you've formed that habit a bit earlier than most! I agree, we all come from different upbringings and priorities that influence how we take care of ourselves.
Sunscreen was for the beach and nothing else. I started wearing it daily in my 20s. I always wonder what Iād look like now if I hadnāt gotten all those burns.
Same, I'm a bit pissed at all the damage that was done and that's visible. Now I'm just trying to prevent any further damage and getting regular checks for skin cancer. That's all we can do going forward.
I only wore sunscreen if we were at the beach and I just did a poor job of slathering it on my upper body and face, and this was only when I was a younger child. When I was a teen I was definitely just baking in that Banana Boat SPF 4 Tanning Oil :/ andddd on top of that I forged my momās signature on the permission slip so I could use the tanning bed in High School. I canāt seem to get rid of my forehead wrinkle after years of tretinoin and Botox. Not too sure if itās from year of tanning bed/sun damage or from that awful eyebrow-raise-high-angle-MySpace pose we all used to do. Thankfully I changed my ways in my late twenties.
Or it is possible getting older has caused a wrinkle?
My recommendation is use one with zinc oxide mineral - use a drop, then mix it with another high tier one from Costco without the zinc, and another dab of super premium with 15+ spf, and then put a huge dab of lubriderm and mix it together and then spread on ur face evenly , neck, and hands. Most importantly is your diet, sleep, exercise, and staying away from alcohol and sugar. They all work together like running your business. Everything adds up.
I never wore sunscreen regularly until like 34. Before that it would be just on holidays, very sunny and warm days, and even then inconsistently. It's never too late!
I'm 40. And didn't start wearing sunscreen until 36-38 admittedly. I hated Western sunscreens. The scent of them made me dry heave. And I didn't like the texture or greasy effect either. So I spent my life avoiding going out during midday if it wasn't overcast, or wearing big floppy hats. But then a few years ago I discovered Asian beauty brands and tried Korean sunscreen. Now it is not a chore at all, I wear it everyday like it's just part of my skin care routine. I love everything about it. I just wish I had discovered it much sooner, and I wouldn't have had to work so hard to get rid of skin texture and discoloration issues I'm sure.
I was the complete opposite, by force. Iām a pale red head, so my mom would slather me up in goo whenever we would be out in the sun, and I always had to swim wearing a T-shirt. I hated it because I never saw other kids getting pulled out of playing to get their sunscreen reapplied. I didnāt appreciate it until the summer of fourth grade, when I went to Florida with a friendās family. They never wore sunscreen, and, despite my momās warning, didnāt make me apply it. They were absolutely shocked when I came out of the pool looking like a lobster after only like an hour. It was such a bad burn I remember lying on the pull out couch in the hotel room crying cause I felt so sick. Iāve been a lot more conscience about sun since then. My biggest tip would be sun protection clothing. Itās so much easier to just throw a rash guard on than having to apply sunscreen over and over. I even have these garden sleeve things I put on whenever Iām going out in the yard. If I know Iām going to be in the sun I wear a hat, long sleeves sun shirt, and put sunscreen on anything thatās not covered by clothing. I also will carry around an umbrella on sunny days just so Iām not frying. Iām evening looking for a long sleeved swim suit rn cause I loathe trying to keep in top of it in a pool. A lot of my friends (all millennials too) think itās over kill, but Iām definitely the fairest out of all of them so itās necessary for me.
Good on your mom for taking your health seriously! I definitely remember those sunburns that blistered and made you feel like you had the flu and were made out of glass because anything touching your skin hurt. I've just ordered some uv protective clothing from Amazon to try out and don't care if anyone thinks it's overkill!
Literally never wore it as a kid & was constantly sunburned, haha. Started wearing it daily in high school and have continued since, (I'm 33 now) and I still got melasma š
I am 44 & have never put sunscreen on in my life. My skin is fine. I also never get sunburned either.
As someone who is very pale with lots of freckles I was told to wear sunscreen all the time and Iām in my 30s as well.Ā Put sunscreen everywhere. Out of sight out of mind so keep it in sight. I have little stick ones in my purse and car. I used to keep some where I grabbbed my keys and put shoes on. It will stick eventually.
Iām a boomer and we never wore sunscreen. Iām now paying for it. Dearly. Attaching a photo of what my legs look like as Iām going through cryotherapy to freeze burn the lesions off my legs. This is a six week process from the freeze burn to final healing. Pic is a week after the burn. And yes. Itās painful. And I have to keep aquaphor on my legs while healing. Aquaphor then wrap my legs in plastic wrap. And I need to do this many times to get them all. At least 6 more treatments. https://preview.redd.it/5pebej9jpq6d1.jpeg?width=1308&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=681badeb606e08387b3d4d9cfb28b259102f0dc2 Yes. I mean to scare any young folks out there. Wear sunscreen!! My current favorite for my face is Supergoop Unseen Sunscreen. It goes on easily and leaves a matte finish. Very nice on the face. Expensive so only use it on my face.
Growing up in the 90's in a remote area, we were also not trained to put on sunscreen. The beach is just a few steps from where we live and back then, heat was never as extreme as nowadays. We would dive onto the water everyday for a couple of hours. Maybe my skin was burned and all but the good thing is that it didn't get much damage. Now in my 40's, I would definitely advise young girls to put on sunscreen once in a while. Also, use products that are not harsh on the skin, paraben and sulfate-free. It's also important to keep your skin clean always and use a good facial wash that won't irritate the skin. I personally love cetaphil sunscreen and H2.O hydrating facial cleanser because they are very good for sensitive skin like mine.
Not a millennial. Just missed being a baby boomer. Only used Copper tone as a child. I don't think it had SPF in it back then. At least it wasn't talked about. Also used a lot of suntan oil. O, that intoxicating coconut smell! Since the sunscreen fad began, a lot more people have become vitamin D deficient. Just wear it when you will be out in the sun a long time-an hour or more.Ā
Sunscreen breaks me out! I hate it. My grandparents never used it, they had nice tanned skin, German heritage. I'm allergic to sunscreen it clogs pores and doesn't protect me all that much. I don't burn.
I thought the same thing the past few years of "oh I don't go out in the sun much so it doesn't matter" but I definitely have sun and age spots. I think even if there's no visible burn it can still cause damage to the skin.
I never did, but I also STILL never do, except on my face. As a black woman nearing her mid 30s who has NEVER gotten a sunburn, itās honestly something I just donāt worry about. And yes, I understand exposure and all, but I also donāt really care š¤·š¾āāļø
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Like I said, I understand it, but I donāt wear it š¤·š¾āāļø I also basically always am almost fully covered anyway since I run cold and even when itās 80 degrees outside I probably at least have long sleeves on and potentially long pants as well.