Eli5: How does sunscreen prevent the skin from getting damaged by UV? Isn’t it eventualy absorbed into the skin?

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Thank you for the answers guys, this is very interesting to me!

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Sunscreen protects your skin because the UV Rays get absorbed by the chemicals/molecules of the sunscreen, instead of the chemicals/molecules that make up your skin.

Some of it is absorbed into your skin, but most of the sunscreen gets rubbed/washed off of your body.

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