Dr. Teo Soleymani

Is this normal? Is this not? Is this safe? Long-term, 40 years of using this, is this a problem? And I tend to be on the side of no chemical sunscreens. I don't recommend it. I don't carry it in my practice.

Is this normal? Is this not? Is this safe? Long-term, 40 years of using this, is this a problem? And I tend to be on the side of no chemical sunscreens. I don't recommend it. I don't carry it in my practice.

Is this normal? Is this not? Is this safe? Long-term, 40 years of using this, is this a problem? And I tend to be on the side of no chemical sunscreens. I don't recommend it. I don't carry it in my practice.

Exactly. Exactly. In the 80s and 90s, sunscreen was predominantly the white, you know, 1980s lifeguard nose, chalky zinc oxide.

Exactly. Exactly. In the 80s and 90s, sunscreen was predominantly the white, you know, 1980s lifeguard nose, chalky zinc oxide.

Exactly. Exactly. In the 80s and 90s, sunscreen was predominantly the white, you know, 1980s lifeguard nose, chalky zinc oxide.

The problem is you can't wear makeup over that very easily. It goes on cakey. It goes on gritty. You look like you have sandpaper on your face. So, cosmeceutical companies said, okay, how can we make a different form of chemical, tend to be organic or phenol-based chemicals, That will go on smoothly so that people who want to wear makeup on top won't see this gritty chalkiness.

The problem is you can't wear makeup over that very easily. It goes on cakey. It goes on gritty. You look like you have sandpaper on your face. So, cosmeceutical companies said, okay, how can we make a different form of chemical, tend to be organic or phenol-based chemicals, That will go on smoothly so that people who want to wear makeup on top won't see this gritty chalkiness.

The problem is you can't wear makeup over that very easily. It goes on cakey. It goes on gritty. You look like you have sandpaper on your face. So, cosmeceutical companies said, okay, how can we make a different form of chemical, tend to be organic or phenol-based chemicals, That will go on smoothly so that people who want to wear makeup on top won't see this gritty chalkiness.

And that's how chemical sunscreens came to be. The problem is it's now after 20, 30 years of data, we're saying the stuff we claimed in the FDA's 1999 study is generally recognized as safe and effective. is no longer safe and effective.

And that's how chemical sunscreens came to be. The problem is it's now after 20, 30 years of data, we're saying the stuff we claimed in the FDA's 1999 study is generally recognized as safe and effective. is no longer safe and effective.

And that's how chemical sunscreens came to be. The problem is it's now after 20, 30 years of data, we're saying the stuff we claimed in the FDA's 1999 study is generally recognized as safe and effective. is no longer safe and effective.

Yeah. And sunscreens are an interesting thing. They're actually drugs. They're controlled by the FDA. They're considered over-the-counter drugs. So you can't just make yourself a sunscreen. It's a controlled substance. The FDA has to approve it. You have to show that it does the things that it does in very, very elegant studies.

Yeah. And sunscreens are an interesting thing. They're actually drugs. They're controlled by the FDA. They're considered over-the-counter drugs. So you can't just make yourself a sunscreen. It's a controlled substance. The FDA has to approve it. You have to show that it does the things that it does in very, very elegant studies.

Yeah. And sunscreens are an interesting thing. They're actually drugs. They're controlled by the FDA. They're considered over-the-counter drugs. So you can't just make yourself a sunscreen. It's a controlled substance. The FDA has to approve it. You have to show that it does the things that it does in very, very elegant studies.

The original manuscript that defined all the stuff we saw in Myrtle Beach and Florida and all the Palm Springs and everything that you saw, Coppertone and a banana boat and Sunbum and stuff that you saw in stores were defined in 1999 in the original manuscript. And there was 19 or 20 chemicals in that list. Now, I think 12 of them are considered not safe.

The original manuscript that defined all the stuff we saw in Myrtle Beach and Florida and all the Palm Springs and everything that you saw, Coppertone and a banana boat and Sunbum and stuff that you saw in stores were defined in 1999 in the original manuscript. And there was 19 or 20 chemicals in that list. Now, I think 12 of them are considered not safe.

The original manuscript that defined all the stuff we saw in Myrtle Beach and Florida and all the Palm Springs and everything that you saw, Coppertone and a banana boat and Sunbum and stuff that you saw in stores were defined in 1999 in the original manuscript. And there was 19 or 20 chemicals in that list. Now, I think 12 of them are considered not safe.

In fact, two of them are pulled out of all the European Union because we know that when they break down in the skin, the breakdown product, benzophenone, is a well-known carcinogen. Yeah. Crazy.

In fact, two of them are pulled out of all the European Union because we know that when they break down in the skin, the breakdown product, benzophenone, is a well-known carcinogen. Yeah. Crazy.