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Suncream causing spots on face

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eyespartyparty · 17/06/2025 13:16

I seem to have to choose between sunburn or spots!
Can anyone recommend a particular suncream which is less likely to make me spotty?

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ScoliMum · 23/08/2025 01:31

tinytorch · 23/08/2025 01:07

I wouldn't trust anything from this company now, given they use a lab notorious for poor results to verify all their formula's SPF ratings (testing on only a handful of people), made all sorts of allegations against CHOICE and its further testing, and encouraged their followers to do the same, put out public statements making disputable claims (aka lies) about this product, and now have sheepishly admitted there actually is a problem with their SPF50 rating SPF4 by pulling the product from sale. Meanwhile, users in Australia and similar climates have been placed at undue risk of skin cancer all these years.

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The issue is with only one of their products - the others have been retested at separate independent labs. Personally it’s a risk I’m willing to take since it’s the only SPF that my skin tolerates and I actually enjoy wearing. As someone with pale, freckly Irish skin I can confirm that their Future Fluid product definitely does work - it protected me very well against the Australian sun and despite working outdoors I haven’t gotten any colour in the UK this summer either. I’m as pale as I would usually be mid winter at the moment!

tinytorch · 23/08/2025 02:33

The issue is with only one of their products - the others have been retested at separate independent labs.

You can see upthread their claim they had also retested Lean Screen and it was just fine. None of their other products have been retested by CHOICE, and I would not take their word on anything given how they have responded to the discovery of their purported SPF50 product being actually SPF4.

Obviously, if you like it and it suits you, continue to use whatever you please, but to assume their lab-testing is accurate would be a mistake.

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