A friend in Bermuda said that anything less than factor 50 was regarded as just moisturiser! As a pale blue Scot in the sunny SE I use factor 50 here too and usually buy the one made for kids as it doesn't have added fragrances and is often cheaper.
My mum was a Scot and tanned easily. Thankfully I followed her in skin colour and tanning. My dad was English and didn't tan easily. My brother followed him in colouring and lack of tanning. My brother only went abroad on holiday once. He said he was like a lobster after one day and then returned to his normal peelie-wallie self. He didn't burn, just didn't tan.
I have basal cell carcinoma on my face and the nurse at the hospital gave me some trial products. The one I liked is sunsense, an Australian company. It’s a light cosmetic type face cream factor 50 ++. I wear it summer and winter. I only apply once in the morning, not at all thickly, and it’s fab.
I do use Nivea or any other factor 50 for arms and legs, but could never put that on my Face Id get spotty. I can’t believe people knowingly and willingly sit in the sun and burn their skin.
I can't believe the amount of bottles I tried over the years. So much money, so much waste - as you are not able to keep them over the years. I trial the smallest bottles I can find. It's certainly a tricky hunt.
I try hard to not sleep at night with screen on. Even if I'm knackered at the end of the day, I like to shower it off, or a) it feels like I'm sleeping with jam on and b) it will give me spots all over my face.
I have been using sunblock assiduously this year, for the first time. And I’m getting bad outbreaks of heat rash on arms and chest. Has anyone noticed that using sunblock when hiking / sweating brings on heat rash or similar? I’m wondering if it might impede the sweat glands..
Yes, I sometimes get a rash when using sunscreen, particularly if it's a thick sticky type that leaves a white-ish sheen on the skin. I do wonder whether it's a contact dermatitis-type reaction to something in the sunscreen (titanium dioxide, or whatever medium it's suspended in), or a physical reaction to the pores being blocked.
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I have basal cell carcinoma on my face and the nurse at the hospital gave me some trial products. The one I liked is sunsense, an Australian company. It’s a light cosmetic type face cream factor 50 ++. I wear it summer and winter. I only apply once in the morning, not at all thickly, and it’s fab.
I do use Nivea or any other factor 50 for arms and legs, but could never put that on my Face Id get spotty. I can’t believe people knowingly and willingly sit in the sun and burn their skin.
I have BCCs on my nose. I'll give sunsense a try. I work in dusty environments so using suncream comes with the added bonus of looking like I've been pebble dashed at the end of the day. It's gives me spots too...the back of my neck gets quite bad. Occasionally bad enough to make the glands under my arms swell and become tender.
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I can’t believe people knowingly and willingly sit in the sun and burn their skin.
It's gives me spots too...the back of my neck gets quite bad. Occasionally bad enough to make the glands under my arms swell and become tender.