Top 3 Sunscreens and How These Lotions Work

When it comes to human behavior, knowing that something is bad often isn’t enough to stop us from doing it.  For example, one in five U.S. adults smoke despite the widespread knowledge that six million adults die each year from smoking cigarettes. Not knowing something is bad for us can cause even more unease. This segues into the hot, greasy and debatable topic of sunscreen protection.

Over the last three decades, the idea that lathering on any kind of sunscreen is a vital step we need to take to fight off the damaging effects of the sun has grown. Just as we have become accustomed to worshiping our pimple–forming sunscreens, the National Skin Care Cancer Organization has reported that five million people are treated for skin cancer in the U.S. EVERY single year.

Wait a minute. Is slathering on that white, greasy, suffocating liquid now considered bad for us or are we not lathering on enough? Should we just reach for a cigarette instead?

As the CEO of a skincare line, I have made it my passion to ask each client, each friend, each flight companion and each Uber driver what they look for in a sunscreen. Obsessed? You could say that. To top it off, Veridatta threw a pool party at the swanky Montauk Beach House and I took the opportunity to ask each hipster the pros and cons of their favorite skin saving brand.

Here is a complicated subject made quite black and white so we can know clearly, and decisively, be certain if we are doing something good or something bad when we grab that tube of screen.

Two different ways in which sunscreens work:

1. The first is with chemical sunscreens like oxybenzone and avobenzone. UVA and UVB rays are absorbed through the bonds of these chemicals and are slowly broken down and released as heat. There are studies published that these chemicals increase free radical damage, which leads to skin damage, irritation and premature aging.

2. The second way is through physical barriers such as titanium dioxide and zinc oxide that deflect and block UVA and UVB rays.  These act more like a barrier than anything else and if you can’t see a white tint to the face, it means it is time to reapply.

Since we know that staying out of the sun is the best way to prevent skin cancer, then we can assume that sunscreen is important for our health. If we know that chemical sunscreens like oxybenzone and avobenzone increase free radicals in the body, which increase the rate of cancer, then we are left with physical blockers as being our best choice to protect us from the harmful rays of the sun.

3 Best Sunscreens 

1. Coola Sunscreen SPF 15

2. Badger Sunscreen SPF 30

3. Honest Sunscreen SPF 30 

If you would like to read more about the sunscreen that is in development for Veridatta, check out my blog at: http://veridattaskin.com/hot-topic-sunscreen