Does Sunscreen Cause Skin Cancer? Is It A Myth Or Truth?

Assume you are one of the thousands who took the advice of dermatologists seriously to protect your skin from skin cancer-causing UV rays. You applied sunscreens and other products whenever you go outside.

And then you go through a report saying the ingredients in sunscreen could cause cancer. Abruptly, you are suspicious of a product you thought was protecting you.


Sunscreen cause skin cancer

It is a great approach to research claims and pays attention to the ingredients of the products you use on your body. Here is what the research says regarding the cancer risks of utilizing sunscreen.

The cancer risk from not using sunscreen far exceeds any possible health risk from sunscreen ingredients.

Is there a link between sunscreen and skin cancer?

There is no scientific proof that using sunscreen causes skin cancer. Both the Canadian Dermatology Association and the American Academy of Dermatology recommend that people use sunscreens to preserve themselves from their appearance from UV rays.

Two different kinds of sunscreen

There are two kinds of sunscreens available in the market, chemical sunscreens and physical sunscreens. The active ingredients in chemical sunscreens absorb UV rays though they do not damage your skin. The active elements in physical sunscreens block UV rays.

Chemical ingredients seep the outer layer of your skin and enter your bloodstream. Physical sunscreen ingredients do not seep beyond the outer layer of your skin.

Why concerns arose

Some concerns about chemical sunscreens raised by the consumer advocate that the active ingredients could found in blood, urine, and breast milk after a single time of usage. That means the active elements are ingested through your skin and throughout your body.

In 2019 and 2020, the Food and Drug Administration published two reports demanding more data on the effects of below mentioned six chemical sunscreen ingredients commonly sold in the U.S.:

  • avobenzone
  • oxybenzone
  • octocrylene
  • homosalate
  • octisalate
  • octinoxate
  • ensulisole

All of the above-mentioned chemicals were found in the bloodstream in concentrations much higher than the FDA approves.

The FDA has also asked for more data on several sunscreen ingredients that aren't sold in the U.S.:

  • cinoxate
  • dioxybenzone
  • meradimate
  • padimate O
  • sulisobenzone

Thus the FDA asked for more data, the reports did not imply that using sunscreens with these ingredients was dangerous. But because the investigations show penetration into the body, the FDA wants more information about the effects of the ingredients.

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