How does sunscreen work?

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How does sunscreen work?

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Sunscreen is just paint. You put it on skin to absorb light, so the skin isn’t damaged. It’s a “special” paint (as long as you don’t think of zinc oxide as sunscreen) that is “clear” to the colors of light humans can see. You can’t see the ugly paint, without a UV camera.

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