Skinsaviour » What’s the difference between sunblock and sunscreen? http://www.skinsaviour.com.au Skin Care Articles, Skin Care Videos, Skin Care Solutions || Skinsaviour Fri, 10 Dec 2010 21:47:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 What’s the difference between sunblock and sunscreen? http://www.skinsaviour.com.au/blog/whats-the-difference-between-sunblock-and-sunscreen http://www.skinsaviour.com.au/blog/whats-the-difference-between-sunblock-and-sunscreen#comments Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:48:23 +0000 Jo http://www.skinsaviour.com.au/?p=643 Sunblocks and sunscreens both give protection from the sun, but work in different ways.

Sunblock provides an actual physical block to the sun’s rays and usually contain titanium or zinc.

Sunscreens contain chemical ingredients that are powerful absorbers of  ultra violet (UV) radiation.
They need to be applied more frequently than sunblocks do.

Most people have good tolerance to sunblocks as they have larger size particles and are not readily absorbed into the skin. They last for longer than a sunscreen and are better for swimming and playing sport.

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