How to Choose UV Protection: Physical Sunscreen vs. Chemical Sunscreen?

 

Physical sunscreen
Sometimes called mineral sunscreen, contains tiny mineral particles which sit on top of your skin and act as filters, physically reflecting and deflecting the sun’s rays. The main active ingredients used in mineral sunscreen are zinc oxide and titanium dioxide. Zinc oxide sunscreen is often recommended as the safest and most environmentally friendly.

Chemical sunscreen
A conventional sunscreen which protects you from the UV rays of the sun by first absorbing into your skin, and then absorbing and transforming UV rays into heat, which is then released into the air. This is done using active ingredients like avobenzone, octinoxate or oxybenzone, which are all organic (carbon-based) compounds.
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如何選擇防曬用品: 物理防曬 vs 化學防曬?

物理防曬是透過礦物防曬粒子覆蓋在肌膚表面直接反射紫外線,來避免皮膚接受紫外線的傷害。
常見成分:二氧化鈦 (Titanium dioxide)、氧化鋅 (Zinc oxide)

-成分的安全性及穩定性較高
-不會滲入肌膚,刺激程度低
-適合敏感性和特幼嫩的嬰幼兒肌膚

化學防曬則是化學成分透過分子結構先吸收紫外線的能量,再轉化為熱能釋放出來。
常見成分:苯甲酮 (Oxybenzone)、阿伏苯宗 (Avobenzone)、氰雙苯丙烯酸辛酯 (Octocrylene)

-成份較物理防曬不穩定
-可能會滲入肌膚造成刺激,容易引起敏感

 

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COCOSOLIS, SPF30, Natural Sunscreen Lotion
COCOSOLIS, SPF50, Natural Sunscreen Lotion

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