People should wear sunscreen more often. amirite?

I agree with the title but not the reasoning. The reason to wear sunscreen is to prevent skin cancers. Honestly everyone should be following slip slop slap to keep them selves safe For all the non Aussies out there Slip on sun protective clothing. Slop on SPF 30 (or higher) broad-spectrum, water-resistant sunscreen. Slap on a broad-brimmed hat

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yes to all of the above

by Anonymous 1 year ago

True and if people are ugly is none of my business and idc enough to notice that some people are prematurely aging either

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Every dermatologist agrees with you. In practice, very few maintain that regimen.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

60+ SPF is the minimum for me, plus a light long sleeved shirt to protect my arms. Never had a sunburn in my life and intend to keep it that way!

by Anonymous 1 year ago

most shirts don't protect you as much as you think they do, it's why there are specific SPF rated shirts for fishermen who stand outside fishing all day

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I love these things so much. If you fish, they're so worth it. Ten hours on the water, no burn and totally comfortable. The hood keeps the sun off my neck and they don't really hold moisture.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Kinda creepy how you seem so concerned about how strangers look instead of you know… cancer.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I use sunscreen, but it's to avoid skin cancer, not to please some child who rates people's appearance by numbers.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I would agree with you if you told us a sad history about someone from your family with skin cancer and explanation, why exposure to UV light is bad for skincells. But you're talking about aging, something normal, not preventable and with too many factors that influence "bad & good" aging. I'm not disagreeing that prolonged exposure to UV light does speed up aging, but why should that be our first concern? Are humans that shallow?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

No, just people like OP who are insecure with a username like "traps are not gay"

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Rating people with numbers is ugly

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Why do we need to look like babies forever?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Skin cancer, bud!

by Anonymous 1 year ago

No fun being a cave dweller.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Skin cancer = government propaganda.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Bruh💀

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It's the truth hoss!

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Have fun developing skin cancer later since you clearly don't wear sunscreen.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

My mom's basement doesn't get enough sun for that to be a worry 😎.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Wow, so my grandma is still alive somewhere ? 😅

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Cancer = God's propaganda.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

And hats should be more socially acceptable

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Who's not accepting hats outdoors?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I agree. Sunscreen is the best. I'm a 29 male and use all the things I should,even the ones you say are cope. Sunscreen everyday, moisturizer and retinol at night. Drink collagen too. I think I look younger than most 29 year olds. Skincare has become a weird hobby of mine.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Mind sharing the different brands you use as well? Im the same age and trying to fix my skincare routine since im starting to look like a soaked potato

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Aka weird obsession with looking young longer

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Skin routine makes many look better, I agree as well with sun screen. Been wearing it since my mid 20s

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Age will upset you less as you aquire it.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Username checks out

by Anonymous 1 year ago

No, not really because it is a relative thing. Like, obviously a 40 year old isn't going to have the same glow as a 20 year old but if you look good by the standard of a 40 year old that is what counts.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

People age, deal with it dude. Advocating for wearing sunscreen to assist with skin cancer prevention and reducing UV damage is one thing, but your obsession with using it for looking good just makes you sound shallow AF.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

The age you aquire is absolute in the moment. It is constant. That's the only way it can be, relatively, more or less.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

OP is more used to seeing elderly celebrities in media than real life elderly people.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

No, if I see someone who looks good for 50 I will have more respect than someone who looks like Hell at 30, even if the 30 year old doesn't quite look 50.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

You are either a child or someone who never developed past a childish look on things Therapy can help

by Anonymous 1 year ago

You only give respect to people who look good? Wtf is this?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Is that what counts? Consider the possibility that what someone looks like is close to being the least important thing about them.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Didn't humans for all evolutionary history be exposed constantly to the sun with no sunscreen?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

That's true, but life expectancy has increased.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Not exactly true. They used red ochre, pine pitch, mud and things like that

by Anonymous 1 year ago

They had an ozone layer.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

This isn't unpopular opinion if you live in Australia. Since grade school, we're taught to "slip, slop slap". The sun down here is harsh. We already have enough to deal with

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It should be worn everyday even in the wintertime

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I think this is only very much in many locations. Most of my friends are pretty much daily sunscreen wearers as part of their skincare routine and every time I mention that I don't really wear sunscreen, they tell me that I really should. This is true across multiple groups of friends as well as with friend of friends

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Eh, I really don't think most people live in Arizona and bake in the sun everyday or go to the tanning salon daily. Most of us work indoors or in depressing cubicles all day and actually have vitamin D deficiency because of so much lack of sun. Like you said, the way we age has many factors. Stress and lack of sleep is another big one and even genetics play a large role. I agree though that people should wear sunscreen for prolonged exposure to the sun, but no need to go overboard and wear sunscreen indoors or when it's snowing outside.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Everything you said is good, but you should wear sunscreen if it's snowing more than you should during daily exposure since that increases the UV light that reflects and gets into your skin

by Anonymous 1 year ago

How much of your skin is showing when it snows? For me I'm bundled up with a hat and scarf and probably only my eyeballs are showing when it's snowing out. Plus it's so cold I'm not spending all day outdoors to get hypothermia. A little bit of uv exposure isn't going to kill us lol.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

If you can see outside then you need sunscreen. Snowing or not

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Til you need sunscreen at night when there is any moon at all

by Anonymous 1 year ago

You talk like someone who never got sunburnt while skiing. Fresh snow is great at reflecting UV radiation. Do you know how much quicker you get tanned when bear water ? It's even quicker with snow, snow reflects rays better than water. I personally try to use sunscreen (well, daycream with SPF) every time I leave my house. Not because I think aging is bad, but I have a lot of beauty spots and family history of skin cancer.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I don't go skiing and when it snows I'm so bundled up with a hat and scarf from the cold that only my eyeballs would be exposed. A little bit of uv isn't going to kill us lol.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

You don't find strangers attractive, boohoo :(

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I see people obsess over sunscreens. They put 50+ on their faces in our winters when UV index barely reaches 1 midday. Even dermatologists say it's not needed in that time, and they are really better to apply coldcreams? (oily stuff to protect from cold and wind) instead.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

While I agree with using sunscreen everyday, and sun exposure can definitely contribute to premature aging, I notice amongst my peers it's smoking that ages people much faster. Diet, exercise, and genetics play a part too. However, by the time you're about 45 you can almost always tell who the smokers are by how much older they look.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I've spent most of my life in the sun with no sunscreen. I have a deep dark tan most of the year and I love the way I look, aging, wrinkles and all. I never wanted to not age, I welcome wrinkles and everything else that makes me look like a normal almost 60 year old lady. I'm beautiful.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

They all cause breakouts, leave white stains on anything I touch like in my car and I can't exercise/sweat with sunscreen because it runs into my eyes.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

The gel sunscreens are sooooooo much better.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

You could try a different brand.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

People should do whatever they want with their skin.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I also wear sunscreen for my face but I actually tan my body everyday for about 30 minutes without sunscreen for vitamin D. I need it because I'm a hermit who works from home mostly + likes to game and rarely go out. So I barely have any sun getting to me. I get the sentiment when it's that you want to have less wrinkles for yourself. But others? That is none of your business. It's good that it's becoming more known though that too much UV exposure ages the skin, because some people like to tan to become brown and might not know about this

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I'll take wrinkles any day over feeling nasty sticky goop in my pores every.damn.day.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yeah, it's kinda funny that my cousins that loved tanning on the beach now look older than me, despite the fact that I'm, 5-8 years older than them. But I'm not great at wearing sunscreen either, I just hate hot, sweaty temperatures, so I stay inside all summer.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I just wear a burka

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Thats also highly dependent on who you are, where you live, your lifestyle though. White people LOVE to throw one that everyone gets skincancer, but the reality is that dark skinned people get it WAY less often. (30x less often, to be precise). I'm a desi person, working an office job, in Northern Europe. If I'm going to the beach or a long trek in the forest in the summer, sure, I'll wear sunscreen. But what on earth would be the purpose for me to wear sunscreen to work if my only sun exposure is 8-9 and then 6-7? Be real people. Even in Summer, thats completely negligible.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

But trust me…on the sunscreen

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Ehhhhhhhhhhh I see someone else is also a fan of sunscreen

by Anonymous 1 year ago

100 SPF has been awfully good to me.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yeah I use sunscreen everyday. My friends ask me why I use it so much even when it's not a sunny day

by Anonymous 1 year ago

People should wear sunscreen and moisturizer everyday.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I think every single dermatologist, probably every single healthcare professional would agree with you. This is a fact, not even an opinion, let alone an unpopular one.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

BuT wHaT aBoUt ThE cAnCeR!!??

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Good thing I'm pretty much a hermit in my room then 😂 Also that we barely get any type of sun 🥲

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Not an unpopular opinion , pretty much sure 9/10 dermatologists would agree (that last one is the cousin of the dentist that never recommends things)

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Agree! Skin is our largest organ. We don't think of it that way, but it is, and it's really important to take care of it.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Why aren't you more worried about the cancer part?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Skin cancer survivor here. Yes, too many people put themselves at unnecessary risk.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

>Women who were 9 or 10/10s in college who are now 5/10s in their 30s. Oh, you're one of those people

by Anonymous 1 year ago

We should be demanding better sunscreens first. Most of them are filled chemicals that are horrible for your skin.

by Anonymous 1 year ago