Best Tinted Sunscreens in India | Is It Really Worth the Hype? | Glow Regime

Awareness among people to use sunscreens and its benefits are recently blooming, so a lot of us are already used to the practice of using some broad-spectrum sunscreens on a everyday basis. But now, tinted sunscreens are getting even more popular and a lot of researchers and dermats are confirming that these holds even special place in their heart since they have much more benefits than what a invisible sunscreen does.

In this article you will clearly know the reason behind their love towards tinted sunscreens.

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What is Visible light? How does it affect your skin?

In simple terms a part of radiation emitted by the sun is visible light and UV radiation. UV radiation further has UVA, UVB and UVC radiation in it. This UVC radiation is already filtered out by the earth’s ozone layer making the UVA and UVB enter it and hence absorbed by our skin.

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A broad spectrum sunscreen helps in either reflecting or absorbing both UVA (which causes premature aging) and UVB (which causes sunburns and skin cancer). To fade away the white cast given by sunscreens, their particles are made extremely fine and smaller that they turn invisible once applied.

So, these sunscreens cannot block visible light which is the main culprit behind hyperpigmentation and dark spots. Some research even shows that constant absorption of visible light by skin can worsen melasma and hyperpigmentation by several layers beneath the skin surface.

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Apart from the sun, visible also comes from electronic devices (Blue light – a part of visible light), light bulbs and some other medical devices. They worsen pigmentation especially on darker skin tones which has comparatively more melanin cells.

What Makes Tinted Sunscreen Special

The ingredients or components used in tinted sunscreens makes them special. The 2 hero ingredients are iron oxides and pigmentary titanium dioxides. By mixing black, red, and yellow iron oxides with pigmentary titanium dioxide we get a range of skin-tone like colors says Harvard Medical School.

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These pigments (especially iron oxide) help in blocking visible light. Denser the pigment i.e. more coverage the sunscreen has more the visible light gets blocked. For best results and good finish, a sheer coverage tinted sunscreen is recommended.

The Final Point

You should look for a broad-spectrum tinted sunscreen in a nutshell, so that it has all 3, UVA, UVB and Visible light filters. This way you can save your skin from age related skin problems, cancer inducing changes and excess pigmentation.

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