Whether you bought a combined morning cream with SPF or actually apply a specific SPF cream on top of your usual products, the chances are that these contain a chemical sunscreen. Only recently, one of our patients said: “I know my sunscreen is fine. It is expensive and from Australia. I have researched extensively over the years”. When we went online to do an ingredient search, we found that her product did not have even one physical sunscreen ingredient.
Recent studies have been revealed by Watchdog that more than two leading sun creams are failing to deliver the SPF claimed on their packaging:
13 sun creams were tested with a claimed SPF of 30 from popular brands including Nivea and Piz Buin, as well as own-brand products from supermarkets including Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s and Tesco. Both Boots Soltan Protect & Moisturise Lotion SPF30 and Hawaiian Tropic Silk Hydration Lotion SPF30 twice failed the SPF tests, offering just two-thirds of the SPF they had claimed.