Just a little revelation I found out about a few summers ago. If I apply your normal everyday chemically loaded sunscreen I, for a better word, end up feeling like xxxx for hours. Like headaches, depression, brain fog, etc. If don't apply sunscreen I'm fine. I find if I apply the thick zinc sunscreen I am also fine. Just wondering if anybody else is sensitive to sunscreen.
The chemicals in sunscreen we're proven to transdermally make it's way to your bloodstream in some studies? Causing symptoms in some people. Anybody else have this?
Hi GLC,
For years, I have made the best health choices I can for any food I eat, any lifestyle habit, and any product I use. I have turned to zinc suncreens for more than 10 years. They are efficient, and now with micronized zinc screen, you do not have that whitish shade anymore, and zinc is organic and healthy.
I had not noticed any direct effect when using all those chemical sunscreen, but they are clearly not natural, and their long term safety is not clear at all.
Another advantage for zinc is that it reflects light, rather than absorbing it like some other sunscreens. So zinc act more like a piece of cloth, which is more "natural".
I also stay away from micronized titanium. It is sometime found in zinc sunscreens, but unlike zinc, titanium is not organic, the body has not need for it.