THE SUNSCREEN SCAM

[Rockerforlife]

http://www.bioheal.ca/The%20sunscreen%20myth.pdf

[FlGuy]

Sunscreen a scam?  Next you'll be telling us that colloidal silver is a scam.  

[Rockerforlife]

If you want the truth on how i realy feel...this whole planet is a scam...everything revolves around money and im sick of it.

[susan400]

You want to know what really stinks royal??   I live in FL., used to spend literally hours out in it and after about my 3rd treatment, I developed a permanent skin condition to where I develop hives when I get out in the direct sun for more than just about 5 min, unless I'm totally covered from head to toe.  Do you have any idea how miserable that can be in 90+ degree heat of the summer??  It used to not even be this bad until my 9th treatment using the Telaprevir and since then, it's actually gotten a bit worse.  I had this diagnosed after a flare-up, by a dermatologist.  She did a skin biopsy and the pathology report came back with this rare skin thing.  If I stay inside, don't and get hot showers/bathes, then, it's basically a non-issue.  But, sometimes it's so inconvenient.  Like, for example, when somebody has an outdoor event, like say, in May and invites me to go to it and it's a slightly formal thing, like say, a wedding.  And like say, it's at 2 o'clock in the afternoon.  Well then, I can't exactly shown up in totally covered skin garb because I'd appear as if I was going to a funeral and not a spring outdoor wedding.  Or when your sister asks you to come up to her summer house and go out on the boat and get in the hot tub..., I can't do either of those things.  Not fun.  When I was on the Telaprevir, doctor's advised me to put on a 60+ sunscreen all over my body (that contained zinc) plus, wear the sunscreen clothes on top of that. And this was the hepatologist and study nurse advising me to do this.  And it was bloody hot outside, too as it was during the May to Aug. time period.  I am grateful for sunscreen.  I didn't ask for this geeky skin disorder and I'd like more than anything to throw all caution to wind and just pretend that I didn't have it..., but, then, I'd be itching and covered in hives and isn't that more geeky?  So, I just stay inside and pop Vit. D supplementals and take my cold showers.  You do actually get used to cold showers after awhile...

: )       Susan400

[Rockerforlife]

Ita very hard to find a really effective natural sunscreen...i did find one or 2...ill try to finf them,i think i saved the site...have you tried VCO ?

[Rockerforlife]

There is no such thing as a "natural" sunscreen. If you want GOOD sunscreen that will protect you from both UVA and UVB rays (which is very important), get one that is SPF 30 and also contains avobenzone, zinc oxide, or titanium dioxide as an active ingredient. If it does not contain one of the three I just mentioned the sunscreen is no good. It will not protect you from UVA rays, which are the ones that cause more long-term harm (cancer and wrinkles).

[Rockerforlife]

Earlier this year, the Environmental Working Group (EWG) analyzed 785 sunscreens. A shocking 84% were found to provide inadequate protection from the sun's rays, or they contained ingredients that posed safety concerns. Harmful chemicals in sunscreen formula have been identified: PABA, benzophenone-3, homosalate, octyl-methoxycinnamate (OMC) and 4-methyl-benzylidene camphor (4- MBC).