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[–] 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I've been wondering why so much sunscreen has alcohol, exactly because of what you explained. Do you happen to know?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

    Not OP but just to hazard a guess:

    Alcohol evaporates quickly. It’s probably there for the same reason it’s used in dry shampoos and antiperspirants; to make something that sprays but drys into a powder or thickens to a gel in a very short period of time.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I don’t understand the connection? I don’t think sunscreen contains oil?

    UV protection is based on a mineral or chemical filtration aaaaaaaand I looked it up oil does not provide UV prot

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