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Bemotrizinol (BEMT), also known as Tinosorb S or Parsol Shield, is an oil-soluble, broad-spectrum chemical UV filter that absorbs both UVA and UVB rays. It is widely celebrated in Europe and Asia for its high photostability (it does not readily break down in sunlight) and excellent safety profile
Yeah, Korean skincare is lightyears ahead of the US and this is one of the reasons. The FDA has held up sunscreen ingredients for a long time. This is good news!
This is the same country that encourages tanning beds for children.
Are you talking about Korea or the US? I wouldn't be shocked if the answer is both.
This is still really good news for skin care and sun protection in the US.
US. RFK wants kids to look like old wallets by 16.
At least now we will have more access to better sun protection!
I remember tanning beds being super popular with my peers when I was a teen. The popularity seems to be rising again along with the skinny jeans and heroin chic look.
The most advanced sunscreen on the market is La Roche Posay's UVmune which have a proprietary ingredient called Mexoryl 400. This blocks ultra long UVA (380 to 400 nm) which penetrates deepest into the skin and makes up 30% of the UV radiation that reaches us. It is the primary culprit behind deep cellular damage, skin sagging, wrinkles, and hyperpigmentation spots like melasma.
The UVmune line contains Bemotrizinol but it also has several other UV filters including Mexoryl 400, so it cannot be sold in the US. If you want to get it in the US you have to import it from Europe. Could be worth it if you're interested in wrinkling a bit slower. It can be purchased at Soin en Nature.
As a dude so I try to keep it simple, though I know most dudes just use body lotion on their face as I once did. I combine this sunscreen with a retinol product and Korean aloe gel and have been happy with the results overall. Undid some of the accelerated aging I experienced during the pandemic.
Also a dude, also a fan of La Roche Posay’s UVmune. I live on the surface of the sun, USA, and I would prefer to not look like an old leather chair by the end of the decade.
This stuff is great and quick to add in a morning routine. Do it gents, the sun is more damaging than you think.
PS it’s pretty cheap on French beauty hub.
You can smear all the chemicals you want, but the real solution is covering skin with summer clothing, hats.
Are the long term effects of these compounds known? Of course not. DHA was tested and safe in sunscreens until it wasn't.
Definitely on the covering skin, or be like me and hide from the sun like a cave dweller.
My understanding is the 25+ years of data (admittedly assuming I remember correctly) in Europe shows it is safe. Maybe the new chemical at least, can’t remember on the UVmune compounds. However, I trust EU testing far more than anything coming out of the US.
I didn't realize there were so many anti-sunscreen folk on Lemmy lol
I know right? Did not expect
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This is good news!
It's not good news because no one is regulating shit.
Scammers will claim to be selling this knowing US consumers won't ask questions if they expect it to be different. Some jackass will just use cooking oil and sell it for $20 a can.
If we got Korean quality sunscreen, yeah, that'd be great.
But if you think that's what's happening here....
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Sunscreen now wirh Protien!
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