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  Sunscreen cream?

  Posted by Dtdang on August 15, 2022 at 7:50 pm

  I have never used sunscreen cream. Now I start using it. What are main ingredients for sunscreen cream? Sunscreen cream is belong to cosmetics?
  Anyone has experience on sunscreen cream. Please give me introductions about sunscreen cream and which one is the most effective?
   Thanks in advance 

  PhilGeis replied 2 years, 3 months ago 3 Members · 4 Replies
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  OldPerry

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  August 15, 2022 at 9:59 pm

  Sunscreens are an over the counter drug in the US (OTC).
  The main functional ingredients are sunblockers like Zinc Oxide, Titanium Dioxide, oxybenzone, octinoxate, octisalate or avobenzone.

  See this for more.
  https://www.chemicalsafetyfacts.org/chemistry-context/sunscreen-summertime-safety

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  Dtdang

  Member

  August 15, 2022 at 10:35 pm

  @Perry, thank you so much.

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  Dtdang

  Member

  August 18, 2022 at 2:05 pm

  @Perry, would you please explain to me how to test the % PF ( sun, uv block).

  many thanks in advance 

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  PhilGeis

  Member

  August 18, 2022 at 2:09 pm

  Part D

  https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/drugsatfda_docs/omuf/OTCMonograph_M020-SunscreenDrugProductsforOTCHumanUse09242021.pdf

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