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OBSERVATIONAL STUDYPUBLISHED 2024⚠ SINGLE-SITE RECRUITMENT; SELF-REPORTED SUNSCREEN USE NOT OBJECTIVELY MEASURED.
Black women have lower sunscreen use despite high skin damage risk.
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SKINCARE
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Black Girl Sunscreen for Skin
RESEARCH
- Black women underuse sunscreen
- Sunscreen prevents skin cancer
- Perception barriers exist
COMMUNITY
- Users love the formula and ethics, but concerns about legal issues and performance problems give some pause.
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SAFETYSome sunscreen actives absorb into bloodstream; check ingredients if pregnant or nursing.
WHAT THE RESEARCH SAYS
ALL 15 ON PUBMED ↗BASED ON 15 PUBMED STUDIES
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QUALITATIVE STUDY⚠ SMALL SAMPLE SIZE AND SELF-SELECTED FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPATION MAY NOT REPRESENT BROADER POPULATIONS.
Black and Hispanic populations perceive low skin cancer risk, reducing sunscreen use.
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OBSERVATIONAL STUDYPUBLISHED 1999⚠ SELF-REPORTED BEHAVIOR; DOES NOT MEASURE ACTUAL SUNSCREEN APPLICATION OR EFFECTIVENESS.
About half of African Americans report using sun protection behaviors like sunscreen.
WHAT PEOPLE SAY
READ THREADS ON REDDIT ↗COMMUNITY SENTIMENT
45% positive
“this right here is the BOMB. it melts onto the skin so nicely and it doesn’t leave a white cast at all. it gives the skin a very nice glow. absolutely the best sunscreen i have used. i got the kids one instead of the original one cause it has a higher spf and its much cheaper. it’s 100% vegan, cruelty free, and fragrance free. and it’s black owned. you can buy it on the black girl sunscreen website and they sell it at target. i highly recommend it 🙌🏾”
U/TEDDIVAN96 ↗“Like others have said, this post isn’t helpful without more information. From what I found online, [BGS is being sued](https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/prop65/complaints/2022-01323C7722.pdf) by Environmental Health Advocates Inc. for “failing to inform the people of exposure to benzophenone, a known carcinogen”.”
U/ZEYNA92 ↗“Not worth the hype at all. The just put “black girl” on a product that isn’t really tailored to us. This thing made me look oily as heck and I couldn’t live it down at my family get together. Everybody was saying they wanted to fry chicken off my face because I was such a grease ball. I was stuck in the bathroom blotting and using powder that I finally raised the white flag and washed that junk off. I do not have oily skin, we can say I have combination skin to give this product benefit of the doubt. I’d rather be seen with no eyebrows then having makeup gravitate on my face due to oil.”
U/SWIMAPPREHENSIVE3678 ↗COMMENTS
Add context that might help others — skin type, conditions like PCOS, what you'd tried before. The more specific, the more useful.
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