Influencer: Don’t use sunscreen Also influencer: buy all these other products and lather up instead

I know an old surfer who is suffering in his elderly years because half his face is missing due to skin cancer. The choice is yours. 🤷🏽‍♂️

I rather use sunscreen than to fry my skin in radiation and end up looking like a mummy.

The problem is people think they can google a subject, read a few unverified online posts/watch a few videos and then think they're an expert. This is especially true of many of these 'influencers'.

A strange world where people take advice of podcasters over mainstream news, and Tiktokers over scientists.

People definitely seem to have a misunderstanding of how damaging the sun's rays are and how just because a product has chemicals that you can't pronounce does not automatically make it bad.

Hello! Older Gen Z here. Not all young people believe that sunscreen is not important. If anything, I always wear sunscreen even if I'm not going to the beach or swimming, especially if I am in an area where the sun is out.

I have met two separate people who have been stage 4 melanoma. I would rather use sunscreen.

So last year's internet virologists have now morphed into dermatologists. Ah well, I suppose if a bunch of lawyers on the Supreme Court can declare themselves experts in everything, then so can anybody.

Honestly, how stupid are we as a society? This is insane

If i don't wear sunscreen when i go to the beach, i would be in a world of hurt like you wouldn't believe. The stuff works, and it saves lives. The amount of damage that can be done in just a few hours is incredible. I'm 47, and i have great skin...cant say the same for those that soak up the sun.

My son’s ignorant father is big on this trend. God please protect my baby when he has to go with him.

Life was so easy prior to social media!

It should come as no surprise that only 28% of American adults are scientifically literate. For example, most people believe that you can prove something simply by amassing a lot of cases confirming the assumption, instead of by disproving all apparent disconfirmations.

My favorite is when people say they don’t tan with sunscreen.

This is what happens when people get MEDICAL advice from politicians and "influencers" who are not educated in the subject at all.

Ignorance isn't bliss

One of my close friends died of Stage 4 Melanoma 3 years ago. Not using sunscreen does cause Melanoma, among other skin cancers.

I didn’t start using it until 30 and I have the sun spots to go with it…

I am a stage 4 malignant melanoma cancer survivor.. I stay out of the Sun.. I go out early in the morning and after the sun sets or is setting.. I am living in the Philippines and my Filipino wife does not like this sun either and she tans beautifully.. we swim in our subdivision pool most every night for fun and exercise..we just rearranged our lives so we will stay out of the Sun..

If you feel uneasy about chemical sunscreens, just use a mineral sunblock with the active ingredient of zinc oxide.

Well, there will be "A-LOT LESS INFLUENCERS".

😅 I never get my medical advice off tiktok. This world is nuts.

I'm anti sun screen, I am also anti going outside in the summer.

I am pro sunscreen, but a number of sunscreens that were tested a couple years ago were found to contain benzene by accident. Benzene is a cancer-causing chemical, and those products were recalled. I still wear sunscreen but it does make you think twice what could be in some of them if the manufacturer isn't testing them completely.

Better have good insurance.

I usually don't wear cosmetic but having your skin burnt under the strong sunlights nonchalant is harmful behavior. Avoiding direct sunlight is essential to everyone nowadays. But it gives me strange feelings on reminiscence of that we used to be alright under the strong summer sunlight for day long working hard in the fields when the ozone layers wasn't broken. I don't know nowadays if skin cancer stems from broken ozone layer, but we were okay with the burning sun and sweltering weather in hot summer. Though farmers were getting aged due to the strong sunlights but nobody suffered skin cancer as of those days. Is it an ultra violet ray to cause the skin cancer? Or is it the prolonged age of man to suffer skin cancer because of their longer lifespan with lots of cronical diseases?

When they hit 50 and look in the mirror, they will feel different about sunscreen.

Some sunscreens are really not safe if you're pregnant or an infant. They also massacred the ocean reefs or something. No doubt you'll be better off using sunscreen when your likely to get sunburned, but no way should you wear it on a cloudy winter day in the office (which is advised).

What a stupid movement

Let them know that they will look like a wet leather purse in their 40s if they keep on. I’m 45 and look like I’m 45 because I had no choice but to stay out of the sun.

Last year I couldn’t scroll through anything online without seeing someone’s skincare routine with six different types of SPF. Suddenly the trend is now sunscreen is toxic sunscreen causes cancer yadayada. Misinformation spreads quickly

Is it misinformation that sunscreens may contain harmful chemicals?! Google "sunscreen endocrine disruptors". In EU this is almost common knowlege. Why don't you just honestly state the pros *and cons* about sunscreen and let people decide instead of treating them like children.

People who get their medical advice from people who have social media accounts vs. doctors.....

People need to stop holding trends as truth 😂🤣 some 20 year old that hasn’t even seen wrinkles lol 😂

Is there something for people like me who are sensitive to the fragrance of sunscreen? Even its unscented varieties flare my asthma.

This is what happens when you convince people that elitism is bad, and that you can't trust people who can speak on topics with any kind of authority.

Need to start regulating these influencers. Many claim to be doctors.

Lotion, makeup, and everything is harmfull.

Stupidity is becoming more popular and mainstream; it is because thinking is hard and we are too lazy to think for ourselves so we listen to the first idiot that comes along.

If y’all are scared of sunscreen just get something mineral 😭

Went without sunblock to the park last week and got sunburn so never again!!!!

They oughta do an anti-sunscreen challenge. That'll learn us

I was sitting in my car for less than 10 minutes. And the ray of light that touched my arm burned my skin. I mostly use protective clothing, and gloves.... But since I was in my car. And with this "anti sunscreen" movement.... People here in the USA walk almost naked in the summer because it is hot instead of wearing protective clothing.

I burn easily so I try not to go out in the sun too much

condems sunscreen, while applying other skincare product with who knows what else

I work in healthcare and I've seen some awful skin cancer. Had a patient once who was well on his way to looking like Two-Face from the Dark Knight, but much more graphic. Skin cancer is no joke.

To be fair, I just don't apply extra anything (including sunscreen) to my skin, as it's too sensitive to use such products on, i am highly allergic to most sunscreens and the all-natural stuff looks... wrong on me. i prefer to stand in the shade to keep my skin safe.

I can't use it because something in it makes me have an allergic reaction. It's hard to know what to do about it. And yes, I've tried everything. The only thing that seems to work is aloe vera. How come no one addresses this issue?

There is new data showing that not only is sunscreen necessary and protective, but you do need to WASH IT OFF. Sunscreeens work by absorbing free-radical damage caused by UV within sunlight. Those compounds have high molar absorptivity, and stabilize free radicals within the sunscreen. These reactions are random, and can cause the formation of materials you don't want on your skin. Cancer causing? Probably not, but wash it off and apply new sunscreen when necessary.

If you're worried about chemicals interacting with your skin or if you have sensitive skin, you can use sunscreen that is zinc oxide. Most major sunscreen companies make that. I use normal sunscreen on my face every day (unless I'm staying home all day) but not my arms and legs because they react to basically everything. Zinc oxide takes for-freaking-ever to put on and it leaves white marks on your skin but that's because it's not absorbed, it physically sits on your skin and blocks UVA/UVB rays. Because of that, it is much less likely to irritate your skin and I'm saying this as a person with eczema who can't even take a hot bath without my skin breaking out. That stuff doesn't irritate my skin at all. Basically, there is an option other than regular sunscreen that is proven to work without having a dozen different foreign chemicals getting into your skin, if that's something that concerns you. I get compliments on my clear skin all the time and every single time I say "use sunscreen every day and don't smoke cigarettes!" You're not safe from skin cancer and premature aging just because you "tan, not burn."

I’m happy to see Dr Shereene in this video, I’ve been watching her videos since 2022 🥰

Thats why you dont listen to social media influencers. They don't know what the hell they are talking about. Why listen to someone if the only thing they are good for is making videos?

These dermatologists a bit reckless … perhaps suggest a few sunscreens w cleaner ingredients (especially for people with sensitive constitutions/ mast cell activation, multiple chemical sensitivity etc) as some of the traditional sunscreens can make people feel really sick compared to urban air as the first suggested

I think the sun fried their remaining brain cells. Don’t forget the tinfoil hat before going outside.

In order to sell snake oil, you first gotta create a problem to solve

Humanity is doomed 😒

These the same people who put 10 + different products (that are mainly water) as part of their skin routine?

At the end of the day, people will hold their beliefs. It's fine to question something like putting certain chemicals onto your skin or into your body. What people put on their skin or don't put on their skin, is their business. I personally always wear sunscreen, especially as someone with rosacea and with a real need to protect my skin. But I also do that with clothing and wearing hats when it's very hot outside. I can't speak for others though and again, it's not my business. All these health scares are annoying and the holier than thou attitude in the comments. You can also die easily from driving your car every day, yet no one freaks out about that. Just live your life, and let others do the same. We'll all die one day anyway, whether it's cancer or something else that takes you out. No one escapes death.

Here we go

If y'all think this is bad, wait till the anti-soap movement makes it to the big leagues. This is not a joke, I've been getting ads from them for some time.

This is hilariously stupid

From the influencers who brought you the TidePod Challenge!

0:00 she needs some anti head shrinker

If they wanna look like deep fried raisins....let em🤷‍♂️

People need to learn, and remember one simple thing when they are on social media: Just because someone tells you that you've been lied to, DOESN'T mean THEY are telling you the truth! Have more respect for experts and people who study this stuff their whole lives. Stop listening to idiots who saw a couple videos. It really gets on my nerves, so many people just make up nonsense and go around thinking they're geniuses.

I say let them go without sunscreen, in ten years they'll look twice my age and I'll feel sooooooo young and pretty :)

U.S. is behind the times when it comes to sunscreen tech, but to go without … wow that’s worse.

To be honest, the cynical side of me says let Darwinism do its work. It's your own health and if you can't even bother look slightly deeper into the matter, and you trust some influencer online but would not pay attention to what search results from the Mayo Clinic, Johns Hopkins, etc. tell you, perhaps getting Darwinism'd is justified.

Oh well, more patients for the dermatologist when they need to be treated for skin cancer.

Get your sun without sunscreen, then cover up with shade and clothes. Sunscreen is unnecessary.

What is wrong with ppl

Don't go out

Anti science critics might be to blame here.

Just send these anti-sunscreeners to Denver for a day in the summer. I know from experience what it'll do to ya if ya go unprepared.

Seems like a self-contained problem: "influencers" only affect other influencers. If you're not wasting your time on tik Tok this is a non-issue

Let's worry about sun screen when there's feces in the ocean. So gross.

tik tok was made in the devil's workshop

Just read the labels decide on your own

Bonjour good morning

Its Darwinism at work.

You little brats better use it. We worshipped the sun and look way older than our age now.

Obviously these ditzy, vacuous influencers know best.

And that’s why Gen Z age like avocados and millennials are out here looking like they’re 20

its amazing how our ancestors survived through 200,000 years of sun exposure, but its sad they didnt know that the sun was killing them. Thank god these sun screen companies came along to save us. I trust cbs

We didn't have sunscreen when I was growing up and aside from the melanoma and other skin cancers,the skin damage and premature aging, we didn't have any problems. Let the kids live it up.

DON'T. TAKE. HEALTH. ADVICE. FROM. PEOPLE. WHO ARE NOT. DOCTORS. (good god!)

"Do your own resarch" For real it's always the same person.

This movement is another example of Darwinism at its finest.

Sunscreens have been proven on several occasions to contain dangerous chemicals, and you do absorb them through your skin. That doesn't mean you can't get too much sun exposure though, and you should be taking steps to minimize your risks. But blindly backing sunscreens is foolish, especially when there is clinically-proven reasoning to reduce or end your exposure to them.

Sunscreen is important, but I'd try to buy a natural one than full of chemicals.

Maga conspiracy.....

Glad I don't have this problem💯I will never burn in the Sun. No sunscreen needed for people like me💜💜💜💜💜💜

We get along just fine for a long time only using sunscreen when we were going outside if you work inside there's no reason to use sunscreen and if they're upset that people are doing this why don't they get the chemicals out of the crap

melanoma is increasing off charts since◇Da P0KE

Sunscreen is horrible for the environment. Thats the real problem.

Sun gives everything life. You think I’m gonna put chemicals on my face to block it 😂

Trust the science it’s never wrong😂😂😂😂😂 let me guess the vaccine saved lives too???🤡🤡🤡

Rom 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Rom 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; Psalms 9:17 The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. Acts 8:37 And Philip said, If thou believest with all thine heart, thou mayest. And he answered and said, I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. Rom 10:9 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. Corinthians 15:3-4 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. ,

"misinformation" this, "mis" that & so on... whatever they prefer I guess😄 "tomorrow they're gonna be saying the complete opposite"