4 things to know about the new sunscreen ingredient the FDA approved

emptybits•about 1 hour ago

Bemotrizinol is the ingredient being discussed.

If you're looking for a specific product to try, check out Ombrelle and also La Roche-Posay's Anthelios line. I share this as a Canadian (bemotrizinol has been available here for years), but check the ingredients because it may vary by country because of regulations.

Aside: I did a bunch of sunscreen research some time ago for my family. I like the non-absorbing/non-reactive aspect of mineral screens but settled on a chemical screen and bemotrizinol seemed favoured but we landed instead on the Kinesys brand of sprays which we love because they're very waterproof and sweatproof in our experience but they feel like almost nothing. YMMV.

jzig•about 1 hour ago

Thank you for sharing your experience. Any idea If I search for Kinesys spray product on the American Amazon site will it be the same? What are the active ingredients?

erelong•about 1 hour ago

certain long clothes allows for skipping sunscreen entirely in perpetuity

bawolff•21 minutes ago

Unless you are talking about a Burqa, i think that is not true.

andrew_lettuce•22 minutes ago

This isn't realistic for something likeriding your bike where you get lots of sun on your face and limbs.

OptionOfT•29 minutes ago

Your clothes still need to have a certain SPF, and you're not gonna wear gloves when 100 outside are you?

gibspaulding•17 minutes ago

Just about any shirt is going to have a higher spf/upf than any normal sunscreen. Also who puts sunscreen on their hands??

A long sleeve sunshirt with a hood or better yet a floppy hat is where it’s at. I have a couple of the Colombia PFG ones that I wear for working outside, though I’d like to see if I can find something cotton instead since I’m not a huge fan of synthetic fibers.

hilariously•15 minutes ago

I put sunscreen on my hands or I will have completely burnt hands. There's many of us who cant have more than about an hour in direct sunlight (and sometimes much less) before redness and soon burning occurs.

XorNot•12 minutes ago

While generally true, it's worth remembering that thin shirts can have an SPF as low as 50 or so, which isn't much.

fhdkweig•about 2 hours ago

This topic has been posted at about the same time in another thread, but neither has any comments

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48523165

ChrisArchitect•about 1 hour ago

Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48507024

and related large discussion this week:

European sunscreens are safer than American (2024)

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48503940

4 things to know about the new sunscreen ingredient the FDA approved

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