Home › Cosmetic Science Talk › Formulating › Skin › How sunscreen protects us from rays Skin How sunscreen protects us from rays Posted by Davidsilva on October 5, 2020 at 4:56 am How does these sunscreens work? Paprik replied 4 years, 2 months ago 2 Members · 1 Reply 1 Reply Paprik Member October 5, 2020 at 7:53 pm Hello, what sunscreens are you talking about? Inorganic (physical) or Organic (chemical)? Organic absorbs the rays and converts them into heat. Inorganic does the same, but also reflects about 10%. Log In to Reply Log in to reply. Public All Members Only Me PublicAll MembersOnly Me Public All Members Only Me Log In to Reply Start of Discussion 0 of 0 replies June 2018 Now