[athena123]

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Originally Posted by Kuuipo

using a sunscreen and not reapplying every 2 hours( avobenzene breaks down and brings free readicals below the surface of the skin-causes more damage than no sunscreen), believing in the "halo" effect of sunscreen impregnated foundations (like eating at Subway-where people actually consume more calories because they think they are doing something healthy-SPF foundations give us a false sense of security)

This may be worthy of a new thread - when I learned that chemical sunscreens break down and have to be reapplied frequently in order to give you the protection you need, that's when I started searching for physical sunscreens that sit in top of your skin and don't break down. Still don't completely understand how PPD ratings work to indicate protection from UVA but eventually I will.

I fully agree with you that the use of sun protection tends to offer the same false sense of security that wearing helmets on a motorcycle at 100 MPH does. If you crash, with helmet or without, you will be hurt badly...