AIBU to think that it's not usual to wear sunscreen all the time?

[TheKitchenWitch]

Leading on from another thread of mine in which I asked for recommendations for a tinted moisturiser without sunscreen in it (due to skin reacting), I was surprised that it seemed to be very much a given that one would wear sunscreen every day.

Now, I don't think I know of anyone who slathers sunscreen on their whole family every single day of the year. It might well be that it's included in a daily face cream for some, so they are getting it by default, but I don't put any on my children until we get to proper summer, hot sunny days etc and they are outside way more than me.
My husband also would only ever put it on if we're spending the day outside in summer. We live in Germany, so climate is similar to UK for much of the year.

So my question is: do you (as in your whole family) wear sunscreen all year round?

I have PMLE and have to stay out of direct sun as much as possible or my face and neck react horribly. I use agesmart moisturiser by Dermalogica with spf 50 daily. If I am out hiking in spring/summer I use Eucerin Sun cream
Altruist Sun cream is very good.

Non melanoma skin cancer is definitely caused by gradual day to day exposure over a period of years. OTOH it is very treatable. Not fun, and sometimes horribly disfiguring, but treatable.

Breast cancer, bowel cancer, heart disease and multiple sclerosis, are less reliably treatable. You pays your money and you take your choice, bearing in money that vitamin D may be available in tablet form, but nitric oxide isn’t.

When my distant ancestors came north to Britain they had dark skin. Millennia later, I don’t, so I assume there’s a reason for that - just as there’s a reason why indigenous Australians are the colour they are. Latitude matters.

But sun beds and allowing yourself to get burned are a risk with no upside of course.

I’m in Scotland, very very rarely do I wear sunscreen. Total waste of time to wear it ever

I haven't RTWT but when I apply factor 50, which with very pale skin I need to, my skin goes greasy and my eyes sting. Are there daily moisturisers out there with SPF50 that don't do this?

I don't bother with it here. I'm of Asian descent and have quite olive skin.

I use the Biore watery essence f50 every day unless I'm literally not going out of the house at all. If I know I'm going to be out all day, it's going to be very hot, I'm likely to get wet or sweaty, I wear La Roche Posay Anthelios F50. I also wear sunscreen on my hands on sunny days. I cover up, I wear a hat every day - if it's too cold for a sunhat I wear a beanie and/or hood! For very sunny weather I have a collection of wide brimmed proper straw hats, packable paper straw hats, & a cotton cloth hat with a small brim that covers my ears, back of neck, forehead etc.

I've only been properly sunburnt once in my life (a few weeks ago, like an idiot I underestimated the sun, never again!) I have no wrinkles at all, I'm 38. I'm not worried about rickets, we spend a lot of time outdoors & despite all the covering up, I'm usually still a pale golden colour by late summer.

sobercuriouskind - the biore watery essence is great. This one is it, they do it in two sizes (I think). However it's usually a bit cheaper on Ebay. Just make sure you order from a Japanese seller with good ratings. I use it daily, including right around my eyes, even on my lids, never had any stinging. It's a chemical sunscreen so it doesn't give a white pallor either, & it doesn't stain clothing which is a massive plus! I usually use about 1/2 tsp daily to cover my entire face & neck down to about my collarbone.

I have factor 25 in my moisturiser and use 30 once it's warm enough to have bare arms and legs (so not many weeks of the year) the problem is that any of us over about 35 did the damage years ago before sunscreen importance was emphasised (factor 8 was considered high protection). Hopefully the generation below won't be at risk in later life but I fear for my generation, the first to have two weeks baking on Spanish beaches,

It's not a moisturiser though, just sunscreen.

@AwdBovril thank you, I have just ordered some

I’m very careful with my face SPF 50 every day with high UVA protection. People don’t realise but UVA rays are the most ageing and they are the same strength all year round, wherever you are in the world. They penetrate glass and clouds.
Take a look at the truck driver photo.
This is more for anti ageing though.

I firmly believe some skin needs to be exposed, without protection though as vitamin D is so important. So my face stays covered and I get my arms and legs out. No cream for about 20 minutes.

You definitely don’t get enough protection from the spfs in your moisturisers and foundations. If ageing is your concern....

I wear sunscreen all day everyday ... only since seeing my derm a few years ago .

Sun damage is THE biggest cause of skin aging .

I wear spf 50 everyday.

Most people don't and think I'm the odd one

Also anyone saying they use makeup or moisturizer with spf ... this is totally pointless unless you apply the required 1.25ml just for the face

Yes, we do. But we live in the tropics. Would I heck bother slathering us all in sunscreen every day if I was back in the UK. That's ridiculous.

I don't. Only wear it when it's really hot.

Even in Australia there are days where sunscreen is not recommended. Today in Melbourne for instance. In Perth, it's recommended from 11.00. a.m. to 1.00.p.m.-ish.

namechanged but 1.25 ml is literally a quarterly of a teaspoon, ie a tiny amount.

I've used moisturer with sunscreen in my entire adult life, except in summer when I know I'm going to be outside for any time at all when I will wear 'proper' facial sunscreen and I use at least that amount, probably more. O don't see how you could cover your whole face with less.

I think it has definitely been beneficial as I do look younger than most other women in their mid 40s.

I didn't have my face or body one with me yesterday when out for a walk with my husband by the coast. Now sunburnt and slathering on the aloe Vera gel. So stupid of me as my grandpa had multiple skin cancers. I have my mole check coming up soon so will confess.

Oh and I also run/walk an hour a day and take liquid vitamin d but am still deficient!

I use a moisturiser and foundation with SPF on my face year round. I use sun cream whenever the temp is over 20, but I don’t apply before 10am or after 5pm to get a balance with vitamin D.

Really want the Biore watery essence but worried about knock offs. Any def legit suppliers or alternative 50 spf sunscreen for the face?

I don’t think moisturisers with sunscreen in have UVA protection?

SPF is the best thing we can do to protect our faces from ageing. I’m surprised how few people wear it on their faces (bodies can get vitamin D hit!).

www.independent.co.uk/extras/indybest/fashion-beauty/skincare/best-facial-sunscreens-creams-uk-oily-acne-prone-sensitive-skin-under-make-up-a7001421.html

These ones were mineral,anybody used any. The Clinique one looks good. Is the other Clinique City Block really not good? Says it protects from UVA and B.

I only put some on if there's a risk of burning, so certainly not every day.

Says it's Broad Spectrum( what ever that means).