Desiring to have smooth, shiny skin, the girl applied a homemade sunscreen with coconut oil ingredients. After only 3 days, her skin began to break out, the acne spots were red and showing signs of festering.
Complications when using homemade sunscreen (Artwork) The Department of Dermatology, Hanoi Medical University just received a female patient in her 20s who came to the clinic with acne-prone face after using a homemade sunscreen with coconut oil ingredients. The girl said that with the desire to have smooth, shiny skin, she applied homemade sunscreen with coconut oil ingredients regularly. However, after only 3 days, her skin started to break out, the acne spots were red and showed signs of festering. BS. Hoang Van Tam, lecturer in Dermatology, Hanoi Medical University, said this is just a typical example of complications after using homemade sunscreen. Currently, the trend of making sunscreen at home is being shared and implemented wildly by women. Just go to google to search for the keyword “how to make sunscreen at home” will bring up 22 million results. This is a huge number that shows that people are very interested in beauty with natural products. According to the recipe shared by everyone, the ingredients of homemade sunscreen include: natural oils (coconut oil, lemon, grapefruit oil, lavender oil, raspberry oil…); add nut butter, moisturizing milk; beeswax water resistant, anti sweat. People believe that when making a sunscreen product from this natural ingredient, it not only has the effect of sunscreen, preventing UV rays from penetrating the skin, but also has a skin-conditioning effect, avoiding unwanted effects such as: when using chemical sunscreen products. However, according to BS. Mind, the natural ingredients in homemade sunscreens are effective but to a lesser extent. For example, in coconut oil the SPF (with UV protection) is at 1-7; Shea butter and lavender oil SPF
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