Spray vs. Lotion Sunscreen

When it comes to the sun, applying sunscreen effectively is the best defense against harmful UV rays. You’ll see a variety of lotion and spray sunscreens on the shelves, but each of them needs to be used appropriately to be effective.

Lotion Sunscreens

Your traditional sunscreens that come in a bottle or a tube; lotion sunscreens take time to apply and work into your skin. As a guideline, you should use at least an ounce, or roughly a shot glass full, of cream or lotion sunscreen for your whole body with your swimming gear on, but many of us only use about less than half.

You need to ensure that you do not miss any spots cover your exposed skin completely. That is why YouV invented a sunscreen that you can see where you applied it, without missing any spots.

Spray Sunscreens

Spray-on sunscreens are commonly used for convenience, but if not applied and rubbed into the skin evenly, people can still get sunburned. Most people do not spray sunscreen long enough in one spot and do not effectively cover their skin. You should spray a generous amount of your skin and ensure that you can rub it in.

While safe for skin, some sunscreen ingredients can be potentially harmful or irritating if inhaled. That’s why you should never spray sunscreen directly into your face and opt for lotion sunscreen instead. On average, people tend to get less sunscreen out of a spray because they only spray for a couple of seconds.

Overall, sunscreen lotion is the best way to go. Spray is not recommended, but if that is the only sunscreen you have on hand, make sure to spray the sunscreen onto your hands and then rub it onto your skin and face.

Sun burns not only age our skin, but can lead to skin cancer and over a third of adults burn at least once a year.

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