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May 1, 2013
Necilia E.
I wear sunscreen everyday and I usually use the Aveeno Positively Radiant Moisturizer that has SPF 15 in the mornings. However, spring and summer is coming along and I was wondering is SPF 15 enough?
How much SPF do I need to have maximum protection?
Is there a product you guys recommend for SPF moisturizers?
May 1, 2013
Shelley W.
I always stick with spf 30 year round. I only use spf 15 for days when I'm bumming it at home but have limited outdoor activity.
May 1, 2013
Kathryn L.
I always suggest an SPF 30+ all year round if you are going to be going outdoors. There are still UV rays even on the cloudiest/coldest of days! In the summer, when you are in the sun for more extended periods of time, I would recommend to reapply the SPF 30+ every hour and a half to 2 hours to prevent sun damage. It seems excessive, but that's how the stuff works!
May 1, 2013
Shelley W.
And sunscreen just doesn't come in a cream or gel formula. I also use mineral spf's. Colorscience has an awesome line. I use the spf protection for my eye area...love,love,love.
May 1, 2013
Rosie W.
That depends on your skin tone. you multiply the amount of minutes you can stay in the sun (you can find that online) with the spf. that is the amount of minutes you can stay in the sun in a day! be careful, reapplying is necessary but doesn't make the amount of time you can stay in the sun longer!
May 1, 2013
Rosie W.
Two more things, if you wear sunscreen, you cannot get vitamin d! and try to not get chemical sunscreen, they are not healthy.
May 1, 2013
Shelley W.
Rosie W. I hate to tell you but that junk about skintone determines how long you can stay in the sun is utter garbage. Folks 10x's darker than me are being diagnosised with skin cancer. No skintone is immuned from damaging rays. And if you re-apply every two years you are in safe hands. And you cannot get vitamin d deficiency from using sunscreen...vitamin d is mostly obtained via diet so wearing sunscreen has no bearing on that issue. I don't follow the junk science on the internet. I go straight to the source...doctors in my family and my dermo.
May 1, 2013
Rosie W.
Of course, everyone can get skin cancer. but darker skin can stay in the sun longer than lighter skin. if any type stays too long there will be damage. reapplying won't make the blockage last longer! it's a myth. even the sunscreen companies will tell you that. You'll get much more vitamin d from sun than from food, otherwise there wouldn't been such a high number of people with a deficiency everw winter. if it helps, I got those informations from doctors and dermatologists. (in and outside the family) if you really want, I'll find you scientific studies that prove what I said.
May 1, 2013
Shelley W.
No, darker skin cannot stay in the sun longer. Come visit my cancer survior group at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville,FL where you will meet several African-American women who fought various stages of skin cancer because they too believed that garbage. And Northerns may come up with vitamin d deficits in winter because yes they are without sun exposure but to say that sunblock can make you completely deficient is rubbish. Yes, please do post these studies you are pulling details from.