Sun worshipers question.....

[rastagirl777]

I have a whole routine with sunscreen products. I am fair so I burn easily and I am very aware of this when in Jamaica. I start my trip using 50SPF on my my body, 70SPF on my face. The middle of my trip I come down to 30SPF on my body and 50SPF on my face. Towards the end of my trip I go down to 15SPF, sticking with 50 on my face.

I try to stay out of the sun between Noon and 2:00pm.

Aside from sunburn skin cancer should be a real concern.

I get a killer and long standing tan. I never burn and have very minimal sun damage to my skin (and I've been a beach bunny my entire life)
I'm still tan and I've been back since February.

[Emmie]

thanks Cinni...ordered my Maui Babe, can't wait to try it!

[irieworld]

thanks mishell and rastagal for the informative links. Turns out the sunscreen spray I bought is full of chemicals that could cause harm. I am returning it and luckily have some great stuff from Mario Badescu that I will take instead. I will have to reapply it a lot more often, but it is worth it.

[MissBlue]

yah, most sunscreens do have some of those chemicals in them, and i know the Maui Babe SPF lotion is among them; but it contains only one of the 'bad' class of chemicals listed in the link above. IMHO it's still better than chancing a severe burn which could also be very damaging - a bad burn by itself also increases cancer risk. If i use a product with better ingredients, but the tradeoff is that it requires constant re-application, I won't be nearly as well-protected as I am with one I apply once in the morning and done.

I don't know what the statistics are about which thing is the greater risk (sunscreen chemicals vs. a severe burn) -- but since I don't use it on my skin every day, i'll take the calculated risk of occasional use of sunscreen, over the greater & more immediate risk of severely burning my skin. Even though i too don't lay out during the hottest hours from 12-2 pm, i will still burn badly. and i'm NOT gonna stay indoors all the time and miss out on the beach!

[MiShell]

yah, most sunscreens do have some of those chemicals in them, and i know the Maui Babe SPF lotion is among them; but it contains only one of the 'bad' class of chemicals listed in the link above. IMHO it's still better than chancing a severe burn which could also be very damaging - a bad burn by itself also increases cancer risk. If i use a product with better ingredients, but the tradeoff is that it requires constant re-application, I won't be nearly as well-protected as I am with one I apply once in the morning and done.

I don't know what the statistics are about which thing is the greater risk (sunscreen chemicals vs. a severe burn) -- but since I don't use it on my skin every day, i'll take the calculated risk of occasional use of sunscreen, over the greater & more immediate risk of severely burning my skin. Even though i too don't lay out during the hottest hours from 12-2 pm, i will still burn badly. and i'm NOT gonna stay indoors all the time and miss out on the beach!

Why not have zero risk and get a sunscreen with no harmful chemicals? I don't have to reapply my chemical free sunscreen any more than a toxic full Banana Boat or Copppertone. I agree though one harmful ingredient is better than several...and most sunscreens contain several..including fragrance YUCK!

[MissBlue]

i take your point mishell, but it has taken me 25 years to find a sun product i absolutely adore, that works so well..... i can't give up the Maui Babe

[negrilaholic]

a couple of days before a gal we knew was to get married, the entire wedding party went a on day cruise......it was painful to see them all dressed up
in "scratchy"-"starchy" formal wear, and doing the "arms out to the side" and "stiff as a robot walk" down the isle.........ouch........

stupid really, in the Military that will get you in big trouble, "You will not damage a piece of Military equipment (yourself) because of lack of brains"

yup, I remember in AIT we had two that got article 15's when they came back from Padre Island too sunburned to report for duty. Never happened to me, had plenty of experiences as a teen going to the beach coming back too many time red as a lobster. Nowadays I use 45 and apply it frequently to keep my chance of getting skin cancer down.

[Jim-Donna]

TY TY TY for all the info!!!

[Jim-Donna]

O.K. ordered mine. Cannot wait to try it out! Can a GUY wear this or does it smell like a woman?? Jim burns so easy. Thank-you Cinni, Drugstore.com was ALOT less expensive than the Maui Babe sight.
OH i'm going to be SO BROWN!!!

[Emmie]

Me too! LOL