Patients ask me this all the time. If you’re not out in the sun at all during the day then it may give you adequate sun protection. If, however, you plan to be outside for more than a quick run to your car, then that daily moisturizer with SPF 15 is probably giving you a false sense of your sun protection security and your skin’s getting some new sun damage! The problem: Sun…
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You may have seen sunscreens on store shelves touting that they are made with ‘non-nano clear zinc oxide’, promising not to leave behind that white sheen for which mineral sunscreens are famous. Sound too good to be true? It might be. The truth is that you just can’t get a clear zinc oxide without using nanoparticles. That being said, not all nanoparticles are created equal…
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