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Sunscreen: a brief walk through history

Madeeha Drissi, Emily S. Carr, Chad Housewright

2021Baylor University Medical Center Proceedings20 citationsDOIOpen Access PDF

Abstract

The sunscreens we see today were paved by our ancestors' sun protection methods, followed by scientific discovery in the more recent era and the trials and errors of the sunscreen formulations that followed. This history highlights sun protection methods used over the centuries and the varying degrees of agreeable sensorial properties or comforts in these methods.

Topics & Concepts

Sun protectionSun protection factorHistoryMedicineDermatologySkin Protection and AgingAnimal and Plant Science Education