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u/SATXS5
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Side by side comparison with UV camera showing the application of sunscreen and how it prevents sunburns.
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u/Rocketman_1981 Jun 30 '22
I need this for when I apply sunscreen. There is always a spot I miss
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u/Leasealotje Jun 30 '22
Don't forget your neck and the top of your ears when you have short hair!
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u/Frosty_Analysis_4912 Jun 30 '22
Also the part on the top of your head if you have spray sunscreen never hurts. I’ve gotten burned there before and when it peeled it looked like I had awful dandruff
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u/kittyinasweater Jun 30 '22
I had braids in at a concert and my part got sunburnt. It wasn't my natural part so it hurt to move my hair around in that spot. Not fun
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u/Shw4ndz Jun 30 '22
Worst sunburn I ever had was after shaving my head and standing in the blazing sun drunk at a festival... the top came off like a concave popadom 🤮
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u/jojosail2 Jun 30 '22
And keep it above your eyebrows. Otherwise it migrates into your eyes, even if you don't sweat. Hurts like a muther.
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u/Jesusdidntlikethat Jun 30 '22
Even with long hair I do this, and the line along my scalp where my hair parts. I’m avoiding that pain at all costs
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u/rseery Jun 30 '22
How has someone not made this into a thing we can buy? Like a mirror with an inset screen so you can see the UV image. They can’t be that expensive. I’d use it and I wish I had it for when my kids were little.
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u/thrower94 Jul 01 '22
This wouldn’t work because your eyes can’t see UV light that passes. If you had a UV filter, it would just look black all the time. If you had it set to only let near uv light, everything would just look purple because the sunscreen doesn’t block visible light.
You would need a camera that can detect uv.
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u/rseery Jul 01 '22
Right. Just as they did in the picture. A uv Camera that goes to a display in the mirror. I can’t see uv but the camera can. It shows me where I missed.
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u/thrower94 Jul 01 '22
Ah, got it, I thought you meant like a non-electric glass mirror.
They do make those! They also make UV cameras that plug into your phone which would probably work better because the camera is better and your phone screen is bigger. If you search “UV test camera” you should be able to find it
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u/TheFloatingContinent Jun 30 '22
When I was a kid they had purple sunscreen for that purpose. I remember it being fun.
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u/trenthany Jul 01 '22
Found the gen X and maybe older millennial here! No shame I remember but didn’t like it. I was a little older than you though.
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u/zuzg Jun 30 '22
You don't need sunscreen when you never leave your mums basement.
tips forehead
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u/Suited_Rob Jun 30 '22
She also missed the area around her eyes. That's why one should close their eyes and apply the sunscreen all-over the eyelids
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u/adifferentvision Jun 30 '22
It gets in my eyes and stings if I do that.
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u/WintersGain Jun 30 '22
Pretty much all American sunscreens burn my eyes and skin I started buying Korean and Japanese ones and it's so much better
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u/yerbrojohno Jun 30 '22
Korean sunscreen is best. Olive young was doing a buy 1 get one free on some aloe Vera sunscreen, I am glad I bought 4 bottles.
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u/Rich-Juice2517 Jun 30 '22
Wait
Aloe vera sunscreen?
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u/yerbrojohno Jul 01 '22
Yeah so it's like a SPF 50 mixed with aloe Vera to make a cooling soothing sunscreen
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u/eysamm Jun 30 '22
Mineral sunscreen too? Only the chemical sunscreens seem to burn my eyes. Might be worth switching products, even if just for your face.
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u/cheekymunki6 Jun 30 '22
Altruist is the only brand that doesn't sting my eyes. I get a 4 pack on Look Fantastic for about £12.
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u/graveybrains Jun 30 '22
Depends on what you’re doing. If you want to lie down for a tan, hell yes you’re going to want to do your eyes, that’s an exceptionally shitty place to get a burn.
If your going to be upright and doing shit, you can skip them, the rest of your face gives them their own shade.
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u/Pinglenook Jun 30 '22 edited Jun 30 '22
I am usually not the person to lie down for a tan, but one time I fell asleep while reading in a hammock and the sun moved over the tree the hammock was strapped to and beamed right on my face for 1 or 2 hours. Blinking hurt so muuuuuch
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u/Cismanm7 Jul 01 '22
I'm brown skin so all the melanin naturally covers me lol
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u/Quummk Jul 01 '22
You still should use sunscreen UV rays breakdown DNA and that causes cancer, Melanoma to be specific. Ppl of all races get it.
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u/noitsreallynot Jul 01 '22
I just practice with blackface and a mirror until I got really good at it.
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u/ShiftyUsmc
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And to those over my shoulder who can't read the title I'm watching a how to video on black face
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u/Western-Image7125 Jun 30 '22
“Hey what’s up John? What, oh this video? Oh no no no. No no. It’s not what it’s looks like. It’s someone applying sunscreen… Are you calling HR? Wait I can explain! I’m not racist!! I voted for Obama!!”
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u/RoboDae Jun 30 '22
"And I have black friends"
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u/Sietemadrid Jun 30 '22
"My grandpa is 1/8th Cherokee"
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u/Purple_Sorbet_996 Jun 30 '22
“My grandpa used to buy slaves and treat them good”
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u/xyzabc123cbazyx Jun 30 '22
Reverse black face?
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u/ChiggaOG Jun 30 '22 edited Jun 30 '22
Continues applying white-colored UV absorbing sunscreen to the face.
No one can see in the UV spectrum unless you have a full spectrum converted camera. Still a great tool to capture images of things not seen in the visible spectrum.
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u/Western-Image7125 Jun 30 '22
Pffft “white-colored UV absorbing” you sound like a racist
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u/bobert_the_grey Jun 30 '22
You gotta start with the shoe polish, you need to get the shade of shoe polish right.
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u/B_A_M_2019 Jul 01 '22
And I am hearing my kids in my head saying "Mom, thats so racist!" because they didnt read the title either haha
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u/Triairius Jun 30 '22
Jokes aside, her smooth and even application by the end is rather satisfying.
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u/oohkt Jun 30 '22
I rewatched it for tips on how she applies it. My only conclusion was that she had a tonnn of it on her hands.
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u/bye_Nillu Jun 30 '22
Put on loads of sunscreen, too much is better than too little! The best result is also to do it an hour before going outside. Sunscreen for the face can also be applied on the under-eye area, so that's why it's important to have one for the face and one for the body.
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u/lyvanna Jun 30 '22
But if I put on too much I get annoyed by the feeling and wipe it off so there's less
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u/bye_Nillu Jun 30 '22
That's why it's best to apply it an hour before going outside, it takes around 30 minutes-1 hour for for it to sink into the skin so that your clothes won't get the white residue/stick to your skin.
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u/lyvanna Jun 30 '22
I mean, you still touch things in that hour. Unless you're floating naked mid air lol. And then you're meant to reapply every 2-3 hrs anyway.
I've never been burned just throwing on 30+ spf sunscreen on my way out the door or after changing at the beach. I don't really tan either, which I'd assume would happen if my skin was damaged. But I live in Norway so sun is not as harsh on the skin as closer to the equator. My usage of sunscreen would probably not work very well for someone in California or Australia.
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u/strange_socks_ Jun 30 '22
This may be a dumb question, but is it bad to apply it several hours before going outside?! Does it... stop working if it stays too long on the skin?
I can't formulate my thoughts well enough to find the answer on Google :(...
My point is that I use sunscreen instead of moisturizer in the morning and sometimes don't go outside for a while...
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u/lyvanna Jun 30 '22
The effect starts deteriorating after a couple of hours, but it's not like it drops from 100% to 0% effect in one second.
https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/sunscreen-and-your-morning-routine
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u/Representative-Rip17 Jun 30 '22
You’re supposed to use 1 full ounce of sunscreen on the face and neck - they say visualize a shot glass almost full to get an idea. Most people don’t use nearly enough. Plus then reapply every 2 hours. Physical sunblocks with micronized mineral formulations meant for the face are lightweight and don’t feel gross, plus they don’t typically have irritating fragrances added (that’s what usually bothers peoples eyes). I wouldn’t use that much of a regular thick sunscreen meant for the body on my face, it would feel awful.
I used to help cut skin cancers off of people. Nasty business.
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u/elizabethan Jun 30 '22
It's a teaspoon for the face and neck. Shot glass for the body.
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u/Representative-Rip17 Jun 30 '22
Ah shit you’re right my bad. I still use way more than a teaspoon on my face though.
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u/serendipity7777 Jun 30 '22
What's the best brand out there for people with mixed skin? That doesn't irritate the eyes
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u/Representative-Rip17 Jun 30 '22
I have used SkinCeuticals physical fusion SPF 50 daily for years. It’s not cheap but I don’t skimp on sun protection. It’s tinted so it blends in well (even on top of makeup when reapplying throughout the day) and works on all skin types. It doesn’t change the color of your skin or have any fragrances (although it has a mild odor but that goes away quickly). Plus it’s a sunblock so it works right away, as opposed to a sunscreen that requires about 30 minutes to become effective.
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u/Kali_9999 Jun 30 '22
Do you have any recommendations? Everything I’ve tried so far is super oily anywhere on my body :(
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u/baabaaredsheep Jun 30 '22
My dermatologist recommended La Roche-Posay Anthelios Ultra Fluid and it’s great. Unscented and they have body and face formulations too.
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u/strange_socks_ Jun 30 '22
Besides la roche posay, eucerin has some nice "oil control" sunscreens and they're quite nice.
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u/LincolnTransit Jun 30 '22
Idk, I haven't bought face sunscreen and have enjoyed a lot of the non-cheap sunscreens on my face. Hawaii tropics and sun bum are Good sun screens that I enjoy
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u/trenthany Jul 01 '22
That and it’s composition spreads really well as almost every bit is UV absorbent. So an “even” coat under under UV filter is easy. The placement of it all and how she remembered everywhere that matters is impressive. I’m thinking maybe a monitor so she could see it to get it perfect?
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u/bambrini16 Jul 01 '22
The fact that she missed that super sensitive skin around her eyes really fucked me off ngl
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u/DuePomegranate Jul 01 '22
Yeah, she's gorgeous, but she's gonna end up with eye wrinkles early because she's doesn't even attempt to put sunscreen around her eyes.
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u/InquisitorBinks Jun 30 '22
Hope she has some big sunglasses.
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u/Happy-Engineer Jun 30 '22
I always wonder if I should worry about getting sunburned around my eyelids. I guess the angle of the sun means those areas don't get much full-frontal radiation compared to e.g. nose, cheekbones and back of the neck
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u/NarrowLobster7 Jun 30 '22
Yes you should. My sister in law just had a melanoma removed from her bottom eyelid. Wear sunglasses as much as you can!
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u/SassiestRaccoonEver Jun 30 '22
Especially to prevent developing cancer, but also because, at a minimum, your eyes can become sunburnt!
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u/CallMeDrLuv Jun 30 '22
I'm 58 yo, and I had better than 20/20 vision measured when I was young.
Recently went to the hospital for a weird thing called an "Ocular Migraine" where they checked my vision.
20/10.
I attribute this to my almost religious habit of wearing sunglasses on any sunny day, a habit I picked up while living in Phoenix.
UV degrades your vision, protect it people!
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u/trenthany Jul 01 '22
Same for me a little younger than you. Doctor was blown away at my vision. They asked me to read a line and I read it and they said pass for your age. I said wait what do you mean? They said you’re doing good for your age. I said what about if I read 4 lines lower? They didn’t think I could. I could.
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u/graphingcalculator_ Jun 30 '22
People do actually get skin cancer on their eyelids. Some people even get skin cancer in their eyeballs. Nature is cruel that way...
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u/itsmenobody Jun 30 '22 edited Jun 30 '22
Use a mineral sunscreen on your eyes, just some zinc. Regular sunscreen will make your eyes burn and water. I usually start with the mineral around my eyes, then apply regular sunscreen the rest to my face, neck and chest.
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u/Shawarma_Chameleon Jun 30 '22
Just don’t put it in your eyes
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u/PopDownBlocker Jun 30 '22
Do you have any recommendations for a zinc/mineral sunscreen that doesn't leave a white cast?
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u/itsmenobody Jun 30 '22
I use supergoop bright eyed, but I believe cetaphil also has a mineral face sunscreen that would work. There’s tons of others, you can just Google mineral face. It looks like some of them have a bit of tint to minimize white cast. But I only use the mineral around my eyes, so a bit of brightness around the eyes never hurts! :)
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u/secretsaucy Jul 01 '22
I've only gotten one sunburn my entire life. On my eyelids. It was horrible and my eyes were puffy for weeks.
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u/Zestyclose-Chef5215 Jun 30 '22
I put sunscreen on my eyelids and right up under the bottom of my eye. Never have issues with it
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u/dman_21 Jun 30 '22
Yeah, I went hiking at over 10k feet assuming that my polarized sun glasses were also uv protecting. The day after, I had raccoon eyes. Would not recommend.
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u/life_is_just_peachy Jun 30 '22
Pro tip peeps, don't miss your lips, theyre skin too and can get skin cancer
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u/finallypluggedin Jun 30 '22
Eyelids and under-eyes, too.
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u/c312l Jun 30 '22
Learned that the hard way. I usually have my SPF chapstick but didn’t when I went to Mexico. I got sunburn on my lips and they swelled 3x their normal size. 0/10 do not recommend.
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u/GumbyWeinstein Jun 30 '22
Would you just let me do my goddam job?
— The Sun
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u/Additional_Set_5819 Jun 30 '22
Melanoma?
Is pasty people gotta be careful, the sun's job is to try and kill us.
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u/pimpmypatina Jun 30 '22
I’m black and my doctor warned me about melanoma and pointed out how I had sunburn on my nose bridge and cheek bones.
I wear 50spf every day now.
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u/ngatiara Jun 30 '22
PSA - It's not just pasty people who have to worry about melanoma. Everyone is at risk, and in fact those with more pigmentation in their skin are at higher risk due to an outdated fallacy that they are automatically protected from sunburn and skin cancer.
Source - Melanoma Rates in Moari, Asian and Pacific Islanders . The reason it's higher? Because there's this stupid idea out there that people with darker pigmented skin don't burn and thus don't need sunscreen.
Reminder - EVERYONE should use sunscreen.
Simply put, if you have skin, you can get skin cancers.
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u/portofly94 Jun 30 '22
As a person with more pigmentation in their skin who got slightly offended because you're right; Thanks.
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u/ngatiara Jun 30 '22
You're welcome.
I didn't even know this was thing until a couple of years ago when my brother in law mentioned not needing sunscreen because of his skin colour because he's Māori. Living in NZ, with a hole in the Ozone layer, we already have a high amount of skin cancer.
Add in a disproportionate amount of the population who don't get regular medical care due racial factors and the idea that has been perpetuated by the medical profession that sunscreen isn't needed because of what race you are and how tan your skin is, and yea, it becomes a matter of literal life and death.
I am sick of losing friends and family due to preventable deaths due to outdated information that pervades the medical system.
And sorry, that was a rather long winded statement as to why I posted originally.
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u/TheLordOfCringe Jun 30 '22
To the sun, everyone’s wearing black face
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u/surelynotaduck Jul 01 '22
Aliens that see in UV might find it confusing which pigments are acceptable to rub on one's face.
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u/lunelily Jun 30 '22
I love this sort of comparison, because it makes it so visually obvious why some people have dark skin and others don’t: skin color is an evolutionary adaptation based on how much sun your ancestors got! That’s it.
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u/tozpeak Jun 30 '22
I'm interested why people have less dark skin though. Is it because fixed amount of sun should actually pierce the skin? Is it because synthesis of melanin is hard and it'a about resource economy?
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u/lunelily Jun 30 '22
Good question! It’s explained in the link :)
The twin role played by the skin – protection from excessive UV radiation and absorption of enough sunlight to trigger the production of vitamin D – means that people living in the lower latitudes, close to the Equator, with intense UV radiation, have developed darker skin to protect them from the damaging effects of UV radiation. In contrast, those living in the higher latitudes, closer to the Poles, have developed fair skin to maximize vitamin D production.
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u/ngatiara Jun 30 '22
Just to be clear - gives some protection. Does not give perfect protection. So everyone of all races and colours should still use sunscreen for protection.
There is an outdated theory that people of colour do not need sunscreen because the colour of their skin will always protect them. In NZ we know that's not the case as there is a higher rate of skin cancer in Māori and Pacific Islanders due to those populations often not wearing sun screen.
My niece is Māori and her daycare even cited this theory when they refused to put sunscreen on her - you don't need it because you can't burn. Her Māori father believed it was true as well. It is an outdated theory that does real harm and damage.
So while its the case that darker skin developed as protection it does not provide full protection and EVERYONE should use sun screen regardless of skin colour. If you have skin you can get skin cancer!
Source - Higher rates of Melanoma diagnosed in Māori, Pacific Islanders and Asians
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u/five_star_clownbaby Jun 30 '22
I’m not even a parent but the idea of passing on putting sunscreen on a kid especially because of some skin color theory gives me anxiety. Just freaking do it?
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u/guten_morgan Jun 30 '22
First of all, anyone who would refuse to put sunscreen on a child is dumber than a box of rocks.
Second of all, I’ve finally convinced my very dark skinned mom to start regularly wearing sunscreen, at least in the summertime. We live in a temperate climate in Europe so the sun isn’t trying to murder us year round. It’s something that’s never come up for her really. She’s never had a sunburn or really thought about them, which sucked for me, a very much not dark skinned but still naturally tanned child who ended up inadvertently showing her the hard way that I needed sunscreen. I’ll never forget how much that first sunburn hurt and I was like 6 when it happened. I couldn’t even wear a shirt or properly lay down for two days it was so bad.
But with summers getting hotter and the sun showing up a little earlier every year she realized she at the very least should be perfecting herself from potential skin cancer.
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u/SATXS5 Jun 30 '22
Great insight. If more people thought like this the world would be a much better place.
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u/TropicalRogue Jun 30 '22
Exactly - we could respect all races and humans definitely wouldn't hunt them for their skin to build suits to protect us from the sun
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u/Weilian-Huangdi Jun 30 '22
Who doesnt think like this?? Why do then people think skin pigmentation varies?
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u/silentnight282 Jun 30 '22
So what about all my pale Irish ancestors who labored on farms and on railroad tracks?
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u/lunelily Jun 30 '22
You’d have to go back quite a bit further than that. We’re talking about your ancestors in whose generations skin color actually helped determine whether they lived long enough to have reproductively successful babies.
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u/Aggravating-Sound690 Jun 30 '22
I happen to be a PhD candidate that studies UV-induced mutation hotspots that lead to skin cancer and I find this really cool
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u/Zytheran Jul 01 '22
IF you or your fellow researchers need to measure how well sunscreen goes on this could help your tech support staff. Cheap way to get a UV camera. Its might well have other uses such as measuring skin absorbance in UV frequencies, seeing if there are spots on skin that are more absorbing of UV, don't know, you might find it useful?
https://stereopi.com/blog/deep-ultraviolet-imaging-using-raspberry-pi-hq-camera
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u/Ledzep0521 Jun 30 '22
Not often but every once in a while I'm genuinely surprised that certain subreddits exists
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u/Triairius Jun 30 '22
This one doesn’t, however.
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u/Puntley Jun 30 '22
Be the change you wish to see in the world.
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u/itsmenobody Jun 30 '22
Pro Tip: For the eye area, use a mineral sunscreen like zinc or something for babies. It won’t burn or make your eyes water and you’ll get the coverage you need on your most sensitive skin!
I usually start with the mineral on my eyes and then move on the my regular face sunscreen for the rest of my face.
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u/Zestyclose-Fly-9967 Jun 30 '22
You can also see how the hair is useful here
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u/bye_Nillu Jun 30 '22
For real, I have almost always my hair in a middle part and around 10 years ago I burned my scalp there!
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u/Triairius Jun 30 '22
Scalp sunburns freaking suck
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u/bye_Nillu Jun 30 '22
I'd say! Just combing my hair was a nightmare. I learned my lesson, however, so now I always wear a hat or have an umbrella.
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u/hobosullivan Jun 30 '22
It'd be interesting to see what tanlines look like in visible vs UV. See how a tan compares to sunscreen in terms of opacity.
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u/VaultDweller77 Jul 01 '22
This is giving me some weird "They Live" vibes
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u/omkhamsa Jun 30 '22
I'm confused, isn't darker supposed to mean that it absorbs more uv light?
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u/SATXS5 Jun 30 '22
The dark color blocks the UV rays from entering the cell and from damaging the skin. This is why people who live in certain areas of the world developed dark skin as protection from the sun. Alternate to that, people who lived in areas with less sun have whiter skin so that some sun can be absorbed which your body uses to produce things like vitamin D.
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u/V8-6-4 Jun 30 '22
But you could probably achieve the same result with some lotion that is very reflective for UV radiation.
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u/SATXS5 Jun 30 '22
Yes, that's called sunblock which reflects all light away and works different than sunscreen.
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u/vitorkrazy Jun 30 '22
Genuine question: Can somenoe please explain to me how does a sunscreen lotion actually work? Like chemically speaking... What is it doing to our skin in order to protect it?
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u/tiptoemicrobe Jun 30 '22
There's a nice overview here: https://www.livescience.com/32666-how-does-sunscreen-work.html
Tldr: sunscreen generally shouldn't be reacting chemically to your skin. Rather, it's just a physical barrier that blocks the UV rays from hitting your skin.
A suit of armor would do the same thing, but it's worse for swimming.
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u/Ottothedog Jun 30 '22
Are there animals that see UV and we appear like this?
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u/SATXS5 Jun 30 '22
Yes some insects like bees do and animals like Mantis Shrimp can also see UV light
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u/totallylambert Jun 30 '22
I must say I watched this a few times and then showed my wife! So amazing. I had no idea.
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u/simp-hunter69 Jul 01 '22
Whoa birds and bees and Uv sensitive creatures must think we’re racist af
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u/hildegardpep Jul 01 '22
You can see how she misses all around her eyes…exactly where she is going to be looking at in 15 years and upset about all the fine lines and wrinkles.
Put it EVERYWHERE people!
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u/Im3Rorr Jul 01 '22
Racists be like sunscreen makes me black?!? Oh hell nah not going to wear susnscreen no more
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