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Friendly reminder to block visible light using iron oxides in your sunscreen, foundation, etc.
“Protection against VL significantly enhances melasma treatment outcomes: melasma patients using iron oxide-containing sunscreen achieved 15% greater Melasma Area and Severity Index (MASI) improvement, 28% greater lightening on colorimetry and 4% greater histologic reduction in melanin than patients using an otherwise similar UV-only sunscreen.”
Source: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/42802407/
If tinted sunscreens make you look too orange, you can use your favorite untinted sunscreen + a tinted product on top (foundation/bb/cc/tints/etc.
u/Conscious_Boot1890 — 12 days ago