To think that sunscreen is toxic?

[Pitbull]

Some women proudly say they wear sunscreen every day even in the winter. But isn't it kind of toxic? If you think about it sunscreen is loaded with chemicals. The ingredient list is full of long, unpronounceable names. Why would you wear it on your face all the time? When I put spf on my face when it's really hot and sunny I obviously avoid the eye and mouth area. Yet, within about twenty minutes my eyes start watering, and I feel a toxic chemical taste in my mouth. Which means it seeps through my pores deeper into the skin and some of it gets into the bloodstream, and via the blood vessels they go everywhere. Yuk. Why would you wear a toxic mix on your face every day?

am a carer and of all the people I care for, the oldest are those that take least medication.
Surprise, the healthiest people don't need to take as much medication

"Govt Drs now advise having 20 mins a day of exposure to the sun, so using sunscreen all day everyday is not good for you. "

They also now have a more positive approach to taking vitamin D supplements so if you supplement you won't need 20 mins a day in the sun.

Dude, do you even science?

Suncream is not absorbed into your skin or your bloodstream, ffs!

I avoid too much sun and too much sunscreen. I wear sunglasses, hats, light scarves, long sleeves. I choose to sit in the shade rather than the sun. I burn very easily. Skin cancer rates are going up, people seeking out the sun is going up, the use of sun screen is going up. There are so many unavoidable toxins building up in our bodies, if there is an odd one I can avoid, then I do.

Your body is designed to process toxins and eliminate them with no harmful effects.. We are continually exposed to toxins in everyday life. All this rubbish about "detoxing" your body by drinking juices for example. Your liver is continually detoxing your body, there's really no need to drink seaweed or whatever you're being conned into buying.

I dislike the internet scaremongering over sunscreen which may cause some people to stop using it completely.

magic I have never seen a single thing at the supermarket that is free of chemicals, even an empty bag. I would wonder what you would be paying for....

You do need to be careful op, you'll be on the hydroxyl acid next.

Why not use a physical sunscreen if you're so conerned about stuff like that? Or put one of the foldable but strawlike looking (I have a foldable paper sun hat) in yiur bag? And sunglasses? And wear loose and airy clothing but with a lot of covering fabric?

I'm going to try MooGoo sun cream this year. It was recommended on another thread and it doesn't seem to have anything that I would be allergic to or anything toxic as far as I can tell.

Sunscreens almost all give me a horrendous skin reaction - itchy, weeping rash. I use a zInc-based one when I really have to; it does react slightly but not too badly. The rest of the time I keep out of the sun, wear hats, long sleeves etc.

I looked into trying to go chemical free with every day products

You know that there is a million dollars prize for anyone who can produce a handful of any product that is free of chemicals?

Everything is chemicals, everything.
I refer you to the apple picture upthread.

MooGoo suncream? What a terrible name. It sounds like cow poo. (I'm sure it's not)

Here is the chemical free prize. www.rsc.org/AboutUs/News/PressReleases/2010/CTPA100ChemicalFree.asp

Am I the only person who, when wearing sunscreen, looks so shiny other people can see their own reflections in my skin?

user14875389 - are you using general sunscreen on your face or stuff that's designed for your face? The ones that are for your face tend to be less oily to avoid this. Boots own brand is pretty good.

Skin cancer has been going up with sunscreen use. Although correlation is not necessarily causation, the effects of these chemicals have been well documented as potentially cancer causing. No sooner had they got rid of some of the more toxic elements when they have now, recently, started adding nanoparticles. These have been shown to be toxic to marine life and no company will divulge the research on humans but will admit they are not sure what long term effects they may have.
So, go ahead and use these products if you don't mind being a guinea pig.

Everything is made of chemicals. Talking about chemical-free things conveys misinformation and means that future generations will continue not understanding the basic science we need in the modern world.

Sun damage is definitely extraordinarily bad for you. Every hour in the sun will cause tens of thousands of errors in the DNA of every cell exposed to the UV rays. Your body then goes along and corrects them all.

Most chemicals are not absorbed into your bloodstream in a problematic fashion. Nicotine and hormones are unusual because they can be absorbed like that. All your cells have special walls which keep unwanted chemicals out for the most part.

The reason that nicotine and hormones can act on your cells is because there are specific receptors for these.

I've not read a huge number of studies around sunscreen but I've not noted any particular cause for concern amongst the ingredients. If you can wear enough clothing to stop UV damage then that's all very well, but often clothing isn't completely blocking out UV.

So we should be wearing sun team regularly, at least in summer. I don't and I don't wear long sleeves and I know it's stupid. Malignant melanoma is an extremely aggressive cancer and I should treat the risk if it with vastly more care than I do.

counter you are quite right; correlation is not causation. Skin cancer rates go up with increasing sun exposure and sun cream use goes up with increasing sun exposure - sun exposure is the confounding factor.

Skin cancer has been going up with sunscreen use

Skin cancer has been going up since the indoor-tanning industry came along.

So is makeup, so is shampoo, so is hair dye, so are exhaust fumes, so is hair spray.
Many things have harmful chemicals in, are you going to stop using those?

Skin cancer has been going up with sunscreen use. Although correlation is not necessarily causation,

Well quite. There's probably a strong correlation between incidence of skin cancer and wearing of sunglasses, too.

I don't want skin cancer
I don't want older looking skin before my time
I get acne that scars, it helps the scars not be so prominent (no the sunscreen doesn't cause my spots, it's due to my thyroid and hormone problems)
I also get pigmentation that makes me look dirty- it helps with this too

My dermatologist consultant says that he believes the rise of skin cancer is down to sun beds, and the fact that people can go abroad more easily now a days because it is more affordable, so many young people are sunbathing abroad than they ever did.

Cancer Research UK, which compiled the figures, said the huge increase was likely to be a consequence of British people having greater access to sunny climes since the cost of a holiday abroad dropped significantly in the 1960s.

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/cheap-holidays-blamed-for-huge-rise-in-skin-cancers-10157588.html

You know everything's made of chemicals including yourself op? Even the tinfoil hat your wearing is chemicals.