Dr. Teo Soleymani

And you see these guys training for marathons, running, and they're running with clothing. And you assume you're scratching your head. You're like, well, he doesn't look like somebody that can burn easily. And it's hot. Why the heck is he covered up? Because they know eventually the sun will win. It's like it's a glowing star that's thousands and thousands of degrees.

And you see these guys training for marathons, running, and they're running with clothing. And you assume you're scratching your head. You're like, well, he doesn't look like somebody that can burn easily. And it's hot. Why the heck is he covered up? Because they know eventually the sun will win. It's like it's a glowing star that's thousands and thousands of degrees.

And you see these guys training for marathons, running, and they're running with clothing. And you assume you're scratching your head. You're like, well, he doesn't look like somebody that can burn easily. And it's hot. Why the heck is he covered up? Because they know eventually the sun will win. It's like it's a glowing star that's thousands and thousands of degrees.

Our skin is not meant to do that. You put a car outside and it rusts after 50 years. Imagine our soft skin, right? But we know that physical barriers, one, will always provide the same SPF protection. So it doesn't change as the day goes on. Unlike topical sunscreens where you get a change as it washes off, a change as the chemical structure changes with related to UV exposure.

Our skin is not meant to do that. You put a car outside and it rusts after 50 years. Imagine our soft skin, right? But we know that physical barriers, one, will always provide the same SPF protection. So it doesn't change as the day goes on. Unlike topical sunscreens where you get a change as it washes off, a change as the chemical structure changes with related to UV exposure.

Our skin is not meant to do that. You put a car outside and it rusts after 50 years. Imagine our soft skin, right? But we know that physical barriers, one, will always provide the same SPF protection. So it doesn't change as the day goes on. Unlike topical sunscreens where you get a change as it washes off, a change as the chemical structure changes with related to UV exposure.

And we know that you can layer, you can provide protection, you don't get absorption of physical barriers like hats and shade and shelter. So if I were to pick one, and I do this all the time, I personally tend to prefer physical barriers over sunscreen. I'm a skin cancer surgeon. I just, I don't wear sunscreen that often. I don't like it.

And we know that you can layer, you can provide protection, you don't get absorption of physical barriers like hats and shade and shelter. So if I were to pick one, and I do this all the time, I personally tend to prefer physical barriers over sunscreen. I'm a skin cancer surgeon. I just, I don't wear sunscreen that often. I don't like it.

And we know that you can layer, you can provide protection, you don't get absorption of physical barriers like hats and shade and shelter. So if I were to pick one, and I do this all the time, I personally tend to prefer physical barriers over sunscreen. I'm a skin cancer surgeon. I just, I don't wear sunscreen that often. I don't like it.

If I can avoid it, if I need to, or I'm going to be outside where I know I'm going to burn, I will wear it. I'm not saying don't use it. But for me, shade and shelter and hats and SPF clothing provide much better protection for me. So I tend to use that.

If I can avoid it, if I need to, or I'm going to be outside where I know I'm going to burn, I will wear it. I'm not saying don't use it. But for me, shade and shelter and hats and SPF clothing provide much better protection for me. So I tend to use that.

If I can avoid it, if I need to, or I'm going to be outside where I know I'm going to burn, I will wear it. I'm not saying don't use it. But for me, shade and shelter and hats and SPF clothing provide much better protection for me. So I tend to use that.

If the sun is an S, I'd put that as an A. As an A. Yeah, as an A, for sure.

If the sun is an S, I'd put that as an A. As an A. Yeah, as an A, for sure.

If the sun is an S, I'd put that as an A. As an A. Yeah, as an A, for sure.

Yeah, 100%. The only downsides are honestly just cost. You've got to find some form of shade. And then if it's hot, some people don't like SPF clothing or hats or things like that. But honestly, the downside is very minimal compared to topical sunscreens and they're questionable changes that can occur.

Yeah, 100%. The only downsides are honestly just cost. You've got to find some form of shade. And then if it's hot, some people don't like SPF clothing or hats or things like that. But honestly, the downside is very minimal compared to topical sunscreens and they're questionable changes that can occur.

Yeah, 100%. The only downsides are honestly just cost. You've got to find some form of shade. And then if it's hot, some people don't like SPF clothing or hats or things like that. But honestly, the downside is very minimal compared to topical sunscreens and they're questionable changes that can occur.

In fact, there's actually an interesting thing that you bring up in that a lot of patients, a lot of people, communities, populations, indigenous populations in Central America and Africa and South America take forms of sun protection that we learn from. There's a group of indigenous people that live along the Amazon River in Brazil and Mostly in Brazil.

In fact, there's actually an interesting thing that you bring up in that a lot of patients, a lot of people, communities, populations, indigenous populations in Central America and Africa and South America take forms of sun protection that we learn from. There's a group of indigenous people that live along the Amazon River in Brazil and Mostly in Brazil.