It is commonly known that sunburn is really bad for your skin, so doesn’t it make sense that you should use a moisturizer with sunscreen?

But the answer may not be quite what you thought it might be.

Theres no doubt that sunburn is really bad for our skin, in fact sunburn is probably one of the single worst things you can do to your skin.

And if you want to make sure you’re going to have older looking skin with sagging and wrinkles, dryness and lines, just start getting sunburned at an early age, and do it regularly.

Not to mention skin cancer.

So doesn’t it make complete sense to use a moisturizer with an spf of 15 or even 30?

Well no, not necessarily, though that doesn’t mean it’s fine to get sunburned.

So what reason is there for avoiding moisturizers with a high spf? The reason is that there is some evidence that daily use of sunscreens can be dangerous for your health, and there is even some suggestion that it can cause cancer.

Now it certainly isn’t proven yet, but is suspected by many scientists. If, say, you use a sunscreen normally around 5 or 6 times a year then the risk is lower, but if you use a moisturizer then the chances are that you use it every day, so the risk is higher as you are using a sunscreen daily, and many days when you don’t need it.

There are different types of sunscreen. Particularly 2 different types, those that work in the skin once they have been absorbed into the skin, and those that stay on the surface of the skin and dont soak in, like zinc or titanium sunblocks.

If the sunscreen soaks in then a portion of them will get into your bloodstream. Possibly dangerous. And most skincare products with spf factors use the type that soaks in because it looks and feels better.

And of course all spf factor is produced by using synthetic chemicals, and you don’t want to be getting chemicals into your bloodstream.

And there’s more. If you block the sun to your face every day it’s possible that you could start to suffer from vitamin D deficiency. There are studies that show that anything up to 60% of Americans suffer from a deficiency of vitamin D. (Though not all caused by sunscreen use by any means).

So what should you do?

Use the highest quality moisturizer possible, without sunscreen in it. The manufacturer of the worlds very best moisturizers and skin care products specifically doesn’t add a sunscreen to their products for all the reasons I’ve mentioned.

And use a sunscreen with either zinc or titanium block only on days when you really think you are at risk of sunburn.And on most days you really wont need sunscreen anyway, so enjoy your extra supplies of vitamin D.

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