As people spend more time in the sun this summer they’re also encountering more misinformation on social media about the effects of sunscreen. Dr. Akshay Syal debunks some of those myths.
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#Sunscreen #SocialMedia #Health
Not anti-sunscreen people💀💀💀 HAHAHAH probably there’s going to be people who thinks water or air are bad for you on the upcoming months
What a comparison 🤣
😂😂😂 we all need more chemicals on our skin.
I guess misinformation is the new natural selection. If you’re stupid enough to believe just anybody without scientific data then… oh well. Bye.
Next they’re going to say showering is pulling all the nutrients out of your body and the smell you develop means the body is working properly
I mean, there’s people out there who say urine is medicinal and tell people to drink it or even rub it on their skin. So yeah, that’s a possibility. People come up with the dumbest things.
I have a relative who believes that showering or bathing in a plastic bathtub or with a plastic shower curtain will give you cancer. They claim that the hot water activates chemicals in the plastic which will absorb through the skin. 🤷🏼♀️ Pretty sure not bathing is worse for my health than touching plastic for 5 mins, not to mention not all plastics are the same.
There are people out there who drink alkaline water thinking it deacidifies the blood which kills cancer cells.
Don’t use spray sunscreen. Use the creme type.
Some people will believe anything you tell them. I just consider this thinning out the herd.
AVOID sunscreen. wear clothing or go out when the sun is not strong.
the reporter never when to the NIH site and read the latest study. ( they sell ads to makeup, skincare and sunscreen companies)
——— if you hate reading. look at the overall health before sunscreen invention and after.
better yet; with all the sunscreen on the market WHY IS SKIN CANCER GOING UP.
when last you saw someone with chicken pox? Test A/B
when cure or prevention works = it works.
this is for so-called white if you that than it for you
I call it raising health insurance costs for others. I once had a coworker that chain smoked (and took COVID as a joke, came in sick during the peak of the pandemic, didn’t wear a mask and coughed on everyone), and was literally burning herself lobster red to get a tan for her upcoming wedding. I mentioned that she’s hurting herself. She shrugged, laughed and said that her insurance will cover it. Stupid people are a burden on society unfortunately. We don’t live in isolated bubbles, particularly these days.
@Saal The UV-C is not good for the humans.
@Saal she is a sociopath. sociopath do not live with society… just live in it (hence the name) she is not stupid ; it just me, myself and I mentality. Those people are best suited for ‘wild wilderness’ society; were SOCIAL NORMS isnt a big deal.
The masses of idiots and their followers…
Meh. The trash taking itself out (of the gene pool) is never a bad thing.
Agree. Just let them not wear sunscreen, darwin will take care of the rest.
After much searching I found a “clear” zinc based sunscreen. It disappears as you rub it in. I use Badger brand they have several safe sunscreen products.
It’s sad when i have to trust the government agencies over other people now because of how much BS get spewed into the Ether due to social media in general
It’s hilarious that a video about spreading sunscreen misinformation online is accompanied by a buttload of online comments spreading still more misinformation about sunscreen
Yes trust the government they’ve never lied to us before
cheap chemical garbage is bad, too much sun exposure is also bad. Find a middle, ideally living underground with my fellow mole-people
The irony is that if you don’t use the sunscreen to protect you from uv radiation, you are far more likely to develop melanoma or skin cancer.
Well if people don’t want to put on sunscreen let them go without it. When they get the worst sunburn they think twice.
It’s not that you’re spreading cancer on your skin, I mean that would be a biohazard if it was true. Most sunscreens have been rigorously tested to mimimize the risk of developing cancer. That doesn’t mean sunscreens are perfectly 100% safe though, as seemingly all products will have a study or two showing they cause cancer. The government has a long history of hiding things from people, just ask all the veterans suing the military for not properly protecting them during service. Look at all the Johnson and Johnson lawsuits or the Monsanto cases. Even a few days ago a new study came out claiming artificial sweeteners are possibly carcinogenic. I’ve been using sunscreen my whole life and I say the risk is more than worth it to protect against melanoma! You’re more likely to get cancer from the dirt your children play in because it’s likely contaminated with weed killer.
Anti-UV Umbrellas (small ones, that can goin your purse or book bag) are also make a huge difference and protects you from UV, in addition to whatever other methods youth using
The goal in the spread of misinformation is to categorically keep you in a state of uneducated inferiority and therefore easily manipulated to believe anything you read or watch. It is a form of keeping those who are uneducated in the bottom tiers of society impoverished and dying young, so that you do not progress generation to generation. You become apart of voting for the very people spreading the misinformation and the very people who work diligently to keep you essentially misinformed. Their intentions are to keep you from breaking the generational cycles and limit your ability to rise above these power hungry juggernauts. Education and knowledge will set you free and it is a life long journey to stay informed. When you google information, look for at least two sides of every thing you read to open your mind beyond what you think you know. There is usually a happy medium to the knowledge you acquire that you may not fully understand and seek out those who spend their life’s work learning in the curiosities you have.
I dont understand how misinformation is considered free speech. You arent sharing an opinion or beliefs you are just misleading others with lies.
Because who decides what is misinformation? Correct something that you think is wrong. The cure for bad speech is more speech.
@skatefan9495 its called professionals. And proven methods of verification.
Just because you want to pretend these things dont work doesnt mean the rest of us has to. Theres no such thing as “bad speech” its misinformation.
I don’t get it. How could an app from China that caters to adolescents contain misinformation?
OFCOURSE ITS TIKTOK
So here is what is true. Sunscreen kills coral reefs. That’s why they outlawed it here in Hawaii. What is true is that environmentally conscious people shun the garbage that your corporate media is pushing in this piece. I guess it’s not so bad if you are 1000 miles inland.
Use umbrellas if you do not like using sun screen!!!
But if Blackrock has shares with NBC and sunscreen companies then you would only say the positive, right? Its a lack of trust, not a lack of education like the rest would assume. Its okay to question and be curious.
Right Tick Tock is going to stop misinformation?
Maybe they should stop teaching children about gender transition and start teaching them how to think critically
another proof of many more dumb people can’t learn anything good from TikTok
I just use my common sense. Common sense will tell you sunscreen is safe. I mean seriously. Every single thing has a critic when that Critic is most likely not a body specialist that doesn’t have a degree in it.
Maybe if these corporations quit killing people for increased profit we would trust them more.
Don’t go outside when the UV Index is high and the risk of skin cancer is a zero. Or wear clothes that protect your skin if your concerned of skin cancer.
It’s only safe to go outside with seven layers of sun screen, four masks, 8 vaccines and 5 boosters.
Natural selection will do its job
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I work outside here in las vegas Nevada, it gets crazy! Hot here,( today it will be easily more then 110° )…. And from experience, its about COVERING UP YOUR BODY,NOT EXPOSING IT TO THE SUN……i see soo many people ( guys ) wearing shorts AND NO SHIRTS ,,( girls ) shorts , smallest shirts they can find…..protection is COVERING YOURSELF WITH LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING,,,and DONT DO outside activities durring those crazy hot peak times,,just like when its pouring rain ,you stay inside till it passes,,same thing with the sun,,,,stay out of it durring peak hours,,and when you go out,COVER UP,change clothing more often,lite rinse showers,,,,theres. Ways to protect yourself,,,but all those expensive sunscreens and lotions ,,,,not needed……….COVER UP,,
@0:23 how about you’re literally eating cancer and disease when you eat dead animals and dairy, which includes McDonald’s and all fast food frankenfood. That’s more important as it lessens your lifespan
that is not true 1:37 CJAM /JAMC did a whole report on sunscreen.. [The efficacy and safety of sunscreen use for the prevention of skin cancer] in 2020 its literally on the NIH website now
THE BEST thing we have against uv rays is to go sit down inside or wear protect clothes. JUST like 1000 BC
toxin do enter your bloodstream…and its heavily unregulated industry. Hawaii 🌴and other beaches banned sunscreen. ask why? I wouldnt take information from media companies that sell commercial spaces to sunscreen companies.. Im just saying. MASS MEDIA will never bite the industry that feeds them.
more propaganda from big sunscreen
Cover the topic in school. Done. Let the rest be. Freedom of choice. Natural selection. God bless America!
Society should be elitist in regards to people with academia, with that said, higher education should be free for everyone that wishes to pursue it to its entirety. Furthermore, *anyone without a formal education can not legally post advice in regards to health or sciences* and doing so can be punishable with life in prison or hard labor camp. We are entering the age of the Big Brain. Learn, evolve, or die out.
Misinformation online?! Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?
I bet they don’t believe in Covid either.
I mean sunscreen and almost all other facial amd cosmetic products do have chemicals in them……probably 60% of the products on the shelf contain carcinogens but so is everything u eat……noodles, red meat, seafood and styrofoam that holds alot of fast food. Everything we touch is cancerous
Good less morons to deal with in the future. 😁
Also, don’t buy the spray Sun screen. It’s a rip off, not only are you getting less sunscreen for the money, you wasting most of it to the air when spraying it on. Also it’s easy to over apply.
Just get the Store Branded Sun Screen. Don’t get caught up in the hype. You don’t need 75 SPF. The generic non scented 25 SPF you can get at Walmart or other store is just as good.
Omg i hate hate hate tiktok and the content creators there. Some stupid teenage kid gets some crazy idea that they all of a sudden know better than a doctor who is an expect in their field. These kids need to be sued and banned forever from the internet. The level of ignorance these days makes me happy that i will be dead before they fully take over the earth and be the last generation.
I miss computing before the internet….
Please don’t think if you are more melanated you don’t need sunscreen! EVERYONE regardless of skin color needs to wear sunscreen!
I’m curious…how prevalent was skin cancer in Africans, South and Central Americans, and Australian Aboriginee BEFORE sunscreen was made available to them compared to TODAY???
@cgrisby1965low IQ take grisby
dark skin black and a roofer. No burn for me #SUNGOD
😂😂😂😂
As a farmer who lives in the Tropics, you should wear a hat, too, preferably broad-brimmed.
Time and time again TikTok proves its uselessness and danger to society yet people still use it. CCP has done good. Teach smarts at home, teach misinformation and stupid everywhere else.
sunscreen conspiracy? LoL
LET THEM. They deserve it for being willfully ignorant in this, the age of information and access to scientific studies.
Osmosis harmonized sun defense sun screen…water that has frequencies added to shield you from the sun. I drank 7 pumps every 3 hrs
How do u know its disinformation? Oh , your demoRats. Mind ya bussiness
Protective clothing and staying inside…#1 combatant of sun cancer.
If you want truth to go round the world you must hire an express train to pull it; but if you want a lie to go round the world, it will fly; it is as light as a feather, and a breath will carry it. It is well said in the old Proverb, ‘A lie will go round the world while truth is pulling its boots on.’
– C.H. Spurgeon
They love using black ppl to push EVERYTHING. There is a reason, certain demographics get skin cancer. The Earth will continue to HEAL itself like the body does through FEVER🔥 until the infection is gone💀
Internet / social media seems better at spreading misinformation than actual truth.
Having not used sunscreen one time at the beach I got so many freckles and moles afterwards. One mole I even needed to remove because it was huge and on my neck. I lather up now every single time.
I remember around the late 1990s when people were starting to label the internet as the new information age. I also remember people warning it could be the “misinformation age” as well. I really never thought it would get this bad. I have friends and family members who fall for this conspiracy stuff, some don’t take to me anymore because of politics and watching certain channels. It’s really sad how easy the human mind can be manipulated (also, don’t discount a lot of these “influencers” and SM personalities are just saying things for clicks)
There is way too much stupid out here and way too many followers and that is scary!
🤷🏿♂️ I got natural sunscreen I think I’ll take my chances ✌🏿
Why do TikTokers have only 2 brain cells?
I had to stop this video midway through. It wasn’t too long ago that all these “medical experts” were advising EVERYONE to get the COVID vaccine because “the benefits far outweigh” the drawbacks. Now we’re hearing of all kinds of issues with the COVID vaccine and more importantly the vaccine never prevented anyone from contracting COVID, like Joe Biden and all his health experts advised. I’m NOT a conspiracy theorist, but this administration has garnered more reason to question their motives that any other administration I’ve been alive for.
And these people (tik tok generation) will inherit this country
I feel my skin burn when I don’t use it…. So…..
Tiktok is cancer
Ahhh yes, misinformation correction from MSM that spreads misinformation. Got it.
Vaping is good for you and Trump is a patriot…..
Sadly, one of the best ways to get rid of all the really stupid people
As usual, the actual truth is not being shared. People get skin cancer from their diet, not from the Sun!! Your body is designed to handle UV radiation from the sun. The over consumption of carbohydrates, most sugars, is damaging the mitochondria of our cells and allowing damage from UV to happen. How much damage is coming from sunscreen? I can’t give you a number however another side effect of the overconsumption of carbohydrates is liver damage. A compromised liver is unable to filter out toxins and the chemicals in sunscreens are most definitely toxins. Your best bet is to fix your diet, heal your mitochondria and liver, then stop using sunscreen.
I am going to be very blunt here…….people please stop listening to misinformation. This is what got some of you in trouble during the Covid crisis “Covid is still going on by the way”. You all listen to these people if you want to.
then please approve more advanced and newer sunscreen filters for people in US to use… tinosorb s for instance, widely used in EU and Asia, still not approved by FDA
As long as they’re wearing coverings (hat, long sleeves) it’s okay to not wear sunscreen.
I see so many cases at my job at a dermatology lab, is concerning. I apply it daily no matter the weather. As soon as there’s light, there’s IV rays. Lather up people!
Keep in mind that there are entities that have as their main goal to get us fighting with each other about anything and everything to ‘soften us up’ and make foreign influence easier to achieve. Always check with reputable sources, not random pseudoscientific social media accounts.
To be fair… social media may not be the place to get factual news, but neither is the news media, soooo…. there’s that 😆
The news media is properly regulated such that, if they make a mistake they have to issue a retraction. Social media doesn’t have that regulation, which makes it more susceptible to misinformation.
being mixed, black and white, I just get darker. Too much sun is never good, but I have never needed to use sunscreen. smdh
Even if you don’t burn, you still can get skin cancer. Even very dark skinned people can.
Isn’t the whole point of tik tok to spread misinformation
Hey man, don’t know what to tell all these idiots with their conspiracies theories. Maybe they just aren’t gonna make it. 😂
In a pilot study of 24 adults, scientists at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) showed that four active ingredients commonly used in sunscreens — avobenzone, ecamsule, octocrylene, and oxybenzone — were absorbed into the bloodstream at high enough levels to trigger the need for additional safety studies.
We never wore sunscreen as kids and spent all day, every day in the sun. I’ve known no one with skin cancer. Anecdotal, but true none the less.
Try finding some sunscreens from Korean skincare. What really helped me was watching skincare videos from dermatologists.
If you’re getting your information all sources off of Tik-Tok that’s about 100% of the problem
Don’t read labels. Just rub it all in.
But is is necessarily a bad thing if all those people die?
Swedish researchers in the 90s found no evidence that sunscreen lowered the odds getting skin cancer.
Hand washing is a conspiracy perpetrated by Big Soap.
I tried olive oil as a sunscreen , it worked to some degree but it is not as effective as a sunscreen . It is true it is natural, organic but I still got a burn on my shoulders .
The Vitamin D thing is all over YouTube with quack doctors that are really just chiropractors, promoting it as a cure for anything from COVID to cancer. Why doesn’t YT shut those channels down? No, they’re more concerned about my comments that may have a 4 letter word in them, or might offend someone. They police the comments but not the videos themselves. BRILLIANT!
It is usually in your 40’s you will notice half your neck tanner then the other from years of driving
I am allergic to all sunscreen.
If NBC says it’s misinformation then it is true information.
I would say good riddance to all of these Darwin Award candidates who are going to die of skin cancer, except for that their idiocy will be yet another drain on our healthcare systems.
Then why do most people with modern skin cancer say they use sunscreen ? Thousands of studies says it does to . So who’s right ?
Why try to educate them? Their stupidity is natures way of “culling the herd.” They will be less big stupid people if they die before creating stupid little people.
free speech, the videos shouldn’t be removed even if wrong
Yay Michelle!!!