Safesun Z^®

Microfine transparent zinc oxide  

Do sunscreens help or hurt?

Recent widely publicized reports imply that sunscreens are not providing the sort of protection the public expects! While medical experts still agree that sunscreens are beneficial, they are concerned that most current sunscreens do not block long UVA radiation. These rays have now been linked to photoaging and may be the cause of the more aggressive skin cancers (melanoma). Microfine transparent zinc oxide is a technologically advanced new ingredient that blocks both UVB and UVA radiation, including long UVA, also known as UVA1.

The other available UVA sunscreens include titanium dioxide and two organic sunscreens, oxybenzone and avobenzone.

Titanium dioxide blocks short UVA well and some long UVA but is generally considered too whitening and is thus inappropriate for many applications, especially daily care. The organic agents can be irritating, unstable or, in the case of oxybenzone, provide only short UVA protection.  

Safesun Z offers an aesthetically superior, stable, safe, non-allergenic and non-irritating UVA and UVB protection.  

Technology

Safesun Z contains a new patented form of microfine zinc oxide. It blocks both UVA and UVB radiation and, with a particle size of less than 0.2 microns, it is truly transparent on the skin.

Efficacy

Microfine zinc oxide blocks both UVA and UVB. It provides the broadest spectrum of protection of any single sunscreen ingredient.

Safesun Z blocks UVB as well as UVA, and does have enough microfine zinc oxide to offer an ideal Sun Protection Factor of 30, making it especially suitable for sensitive skin, for long-term usage on the face and for skin protection after chemical peels and laser resurfacing procedures.

Additional anti-aging effects are obtained by the inclusion of vitamin C and vitamin E in the Safesun Z formulation.

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