Debunking the worst sunscreen misinformation on TikTok

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  • Опубліковано 28 тра 2024
  • It's sunscreen myth time! Again, TikTok serves up the best misinformation - let's talk about the actual science.
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    0:00 Intro
    0:31 Paul Saladino’s DIY “animal-based” sunscreen
    4:39 Seed oils don’t cause sunburn (more Saladino)
    10:50 SPF isn’t strength?
    14:29 Sunscreen isn’t preventing cancer?
    20:06 Dermatologist avoids chemical sunscreens, endocrine disruption, pregnancy
    29:50 Sunscreen is bad for your skin?
    31:39 Huberman: sunscreen found in the brain 10 years after use
    37:29 Sunscreen cushion hack
    39:03 Chemical lip SPF - featuring @Moskinlab
    42:08 Bobby, milk, coral reefs, non-toxic
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    Note: I don't think the librarian was responsible for the NOAA page, I think librarians usually know the limits of their expertise and how to assess sources far better than most scientists! IMO it was probably filtered through a bunch of graphic designers and interns and marketing people, plus I have some suspicions about why the NOAA page still hasn't been changed. Stay tuned!
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  • @LabMuffinBeautyScience
    @LabMuffinBeautyScience  15 днів тому +415

    Hope you enjoyed this video! I think the next one in this series might be debunking product tests on social media... which ones do you keep seeing?
    Also you can find out more about my book here: geni.us/TheScienceOfBeauty

    • @xyz-jv9df
      @xyz-jv9df 15 днів тому +17

      Hi lab muffin! Thank u for all the information, as always. The info about reef safety was really helpful. 🌻🌻

    • @JanitaShowaars
      @JanitaShowaars 15 днів тому +4

      What do you think about edible sunscreen?

    • @zxcytdfxy256
      @zxcytdfxy256 15 днів тому +1

      can you please talk about what to do after shaving my beard? I have a lot

    • @SyrianGirlpartisan
      @SyrianGirlpartisan 15 днів тому +1

      I'm.a chemistry phd in WA and i love your work!

    • @montananerd8244
      @montananerd8244 15 днів тому +3

      I really need to know if this video answers “what did Michelle survive in 1996?” I keep trying to look under the screen line, I’m old & tired & the senior living group who came to my work today had the stomach flu… PS I Googled, kinda bummed it’s not real..,

  • @iwanashow9
    @iwanashow9 15 днів тому +833

    Just remember, if the person talking about sunscreen has burnt orange elephant skin...
    Probably dont pay them attention

    • @gorosemonde
      @gorosemonde 14 днів тому +53

      Ha ha ha 😂 that’s what I thought. Your « animal » sunscreen (zinc is animal based now?) is not working, my man. Sunscreen is not some cloak of invisibility that lets you bronze but still fights UV.

    • @SR-mv2mf
      @SR-mv2mf 7 днів тому +15

      Are you talking about Donald Drump?

    • @ghostoflazlo
      @ghostoflazlo 6 днів тому +20

      ​@@SR-mv2mfha ha ha orange man bad lol like love how you spelled his last name w a D 😂 epic own

    • @katm8128
      @katm8128 5 днів тому +22

      @@ghostoflazloyou seem upset

    • @Kim-mp5wg
      @Kim-mp5wg 4 дні тому

      i was going to say 😭

  • @denisenj7648
    @denisenj7648 15 днів тому +1309

    When I don't use high sunscreen, I tan and burn. When I do, I don't. 😮. You don't have to be a genius to figure out that suncreen works.

    • @LabMuffinBeautyScience
      @LabMuffinBeautyScience  15 днів тому +288

      It's like these people have never missed a spot...

    • @DM-nw5lu
      @DM-nw5lu 15 днів тому +83

      I don't even tan. I just burn. And as neither that nor skin cancer (I'm a redhead. No such thing as sunscreen season for me as every season is sunscreen season) are all that appealing to me I always make sure to wear SPF50 where my skin is showing. Though I honestly prefer just to cover up as reapplying sunscreen to my entire body every few hours isn't something I am willing to do. Thank god for maxi skirts and dresses. They're lifesavers in summer.

    • @stephstevens2
      @stephstevens2 15 днів тому +22

      ​@@DM-nw5lu I'm not a redhead but I'm pretty darned pale/freckly myself and I second that! I lived in Egypt for a few years as well so I always made sure to wear flowy, long sleeved clothes etc.. There was no other way!

    • @Ryanneey
      @Ryanneey 15 днів тому +44

      Oh my god. I was visiting a southern country and missed a tiny spot on my chest after applying sunscreen. I burnt so badly that it bubbled. It bled and then got infected. I still have the scar 10 years later.

    • @DM-nw5lu
      @DM-nw5lu 15 днів тому +22

      @@stephstevens2 Oh, it definitely goes for all pale ladies. I only mentioned red hair as the MC1R variant responsible for our red hair also increases the risk of skin cancers including melanoma. I barely have freckles anymore as I wear sunscreen religiously.. only some on my arms and hands. My face has been freckle free since a few summers after I started wearing sunscreen. I do kind of miss my face freckles as I always thought they're cute but health trumps cuteness for me.

  • @shankornfeld1541
    @shankornfeld1541 15 днів тому +481

    Someone really wrote to you that "he has access to graduate level research studies and clinical trials not released to the public because he's a Stanford professor"? How do they come up with this misinformation? Firstly, Michelle ALSO has access to research that is behind paywalls. But even if she didn't, everyone has access to all peer-reviewed study abstracts - it is just that some journals are annoying and require subscriptions to access some whole articles. AND, if you really want the article, but don't want to pay for it, you just email any of the authors and they will send it to you FOR FREE. Because there is no such thing as "big science". We all want our research to be out there and to get read. When there is a paywall, it isn't our choice, that is just a consequence that we have to suffer to get our studies out there in the right journals. We hate it too.

    • @saaya8964
      @saaya8964 14 днів тому +38

      ^^^exactly, and a study with an outcome as sensational (for lack of a better word) would, even if it were not accessible at all, still show up as at least the title&authors in citations of other studies and articles . If somebody really found sunscreen particles in brain matter, tons of people would either reference or respond to that article.
      Like I think everyone in academia knows this phenomenon, where somebody wrote a controversial or very influential paper and from that point on 90% of publications on the topic cite that one specific paper

    • @PakkiNakki
      @PakkiNakki 14 днів тому +36

      as if research groups would do experiments for fun and not have them published 😆

    • @minagica
      @minagica 13 днів тому +3

      "Big science" are the journals with their pay walls despite most often it being public money that funded the research that has gone into the articles. THAT is "big science", it's actually "big science publishing". And while authors may send you the articles they've written, some of us struggle with feeling like we'd be a waste of their time. I felt that way even when I was a uni student, so I RARELY went to office hours cuz I thought I wasn't worth their rarified time and that my smarter classmates that did stand a chance at one day becoming professors deserved it more

    • @uniquenewyork3325
      @uniquenewyork3325 12 днів тому +5

      Also, students have access to additional articles too?? At least usually

    • @hausofjulian
      @hausofjulian 12 днів тому +9

      Sci-hub is literally there lol

  • @PTPAUL-ry7jc
    @PTPAUL-ry7jc 15 днів тому +361

    As a dark skin black woman, ask me if I wear mineral sunscreen lol!
    The best sunscreen for you is the one you will ACTUALLY wear everyday. Not that ghost chalky mess that will turn my whole family blue and purple.

    • @leonfrancis3418
      @leonfrancis3418 13 днів тому

      95% of BIăck Americans have insufficient Vitamin D levels, because our dark skin already acts as a natural sunscreen, and modern western populations are not getting enough sunlight.
      I don't want to burst the bubble, but unless you're a day laborer, you may want to rethink wearing sunscreen all the time.

    • @daphne8406
      @daphne8406 13 днів тому +45

      Totally agree! 🤗 If a sunscreen feel bad, smells bad or makes your skin look a strange colour, you would stop wearing it no matter how good the reviews. The one you actually wear every day is then simply the best for you instead of wearing no sunscreen at all 🤷‍♀️

    • @leonfrancis3418
      @leonfrancis3418 13 днів тому

      This is a friendly reminder that over 90% of BĪăck Aměricans lack the recommended amount of Vitamin D.
      Our skin naturally acts as a sunscreen and works against us in cultures where people stay indoors all the time.

    • @sonicboomerino7281
      @sonicboomerino7281 9 днів тому +13

      Lmao Im a pale white boy and it still makes me look like im dying and need a blood transfusion 😂 I still wear it though but I gotta spread it out well

    • @moonshonemeadow
      @moonshonemeadow 9 днів тому +49

      @@dfpguitar That is a "bit" misguided. Melanin does help protect against the sun, but it is wise not to overestimate its capabilities. Even deeply dark skinned-people can develop melanoma, or at least sun damage through prolonged exposure.
      And build tolerance? Against the sun? Unless you have some kind of photosensitivity disease where building tolerance can be recommended for treatment, I don't believe that would be particularly effective or necessary for someone of regular health, unless you mean something else specifically?
      Good sleep and nutrition are just good things to practice, though.

  • @avarice8919
    @avarice8919 15 днів тому +1411

    11:30
    Maybe the sun won't burn you but Michelle sure will 😭

    • @laurenlewis2949
      @laurenlewis2949 15 днів тому +55

      I cackled, thank you😂

    • @LabMuffinBeautyScience
      @LabMuffinBeautyScience  15 днів тому +141

      It's true though, I haven't seen any who don't have some bizarre stuff going on 😩

    • @Jmexmaldo
      @Jmexmaldo 15 днів тому +4

      Yeeees 👏🏽👏🏽😂

    • @heidihinds7207
      @heidihinds7207 15 днів тому +28

      I came to the comments section just to show appreciation for Michelle’s definition of « holistic ».
      It’s funny cause it’s true.

    • @raraavis7782
      @raraavis7782 15 днів тому +2

      Bada-dummm 😅

  • @biosparkles9442
    @biosparkles9442 15 днів тому +1641

    Yay, group therapy with Michelle!
    As a fellow Australian, it absolutely blows my mind that there are people who don't "believe" in sunscreen. Like, tell me you've never lived somewhere with a UV index above 6 without telling me. My skin would literally be cooked if I used that "animal based" sunscreen with our average UV index of 12 in summer :')
    I think literally every Australian knows *at least* one person who has had a melanoma removed at some point, which probably plays a role in our culture around sun protection.

    • @AutumnVulpes369
      @AutumnVulpes369 15 днів тому +72

      omg i thought the UV ended at 11 💀

    • @biosparkles9442
      @biosparkles9442 15 днів тому +156

      ​@@AutumnVulpes369 a lot of things will only report it up to 11, and after that just say it's "above 11" because anything 11 or above is considered to be extreme and the exact number doesn't really matter anymore. The UV index going above 11 is also pretty uncommon in most of the northern hemisphere, even in summer.
      In summer in Australia, though, almost the entire country is at or above 11 every day, so just reporting "at or above 11" would be pretty meaningless for us since it would pretty much say that all the time.
      In 2021 one of our major cities, Brisbane, recorded a UV index of 15.9. Personally, the highest I've ever seen it get in Sydney is 14, but that doesn't mean it hasn't been higher here. At UV indexes above 11 it only takes about 5 to 10 minutes to get a sunburn, I pretty much never leave the house without sunscreen at least on my face.
      If you wanna see how high the UV index gets across Australia for pretty much any date you can search for "Arpansa UV index" and it'll take you to a page that has historical and current real time UV data for all major cities in Australia. Keep in mind that our seasons are switched, so summer is December - February here.

    • @ugh5559
      @ugh5559 15 днів тому +61

      I'm from regional Queensland and most people I know don't wear sunscreen, and quite a few even believe it's bad for you or it will give you cancer. Quackery and conspiracy-theories seem to be very ingrained in most people I know (although it's worsened in the last few years).

    • @AutumnVulpes369
      @AutumnVulpes369 15 днів тому +13

      @@biosparkles9442 no worries about the switched seasons 👍 i used to live in cape town so im pretty used to it still. thanks for the in depth explanation!

    • @nitzeart
      @nitzeart 15 днів тому +56

      ​​​@@AutumnVulpes369I think I've been under UV 14 in Mexico. Yes it is hell here 😂 And you can feel the sun just roasting your skin as soon as you step under it.
      We don't have a sunscreen culture like Australia to use it daily but we often use umbrellas, hats, sunglasses and try to walk in the shade. (I do try to use daily sunscreen and a lot of young people do, but it's been a recent development.)

  • @stephstevens2
    @stephstevens2 15 днів тому +137

    Once, whilst a nurse was taking my blood, she commented on my skin being very pale and told me to get a tan. She said I'm clearly not getting enough sun exposure and therefore not enough vitamin d.
    I told her that's just my skin colour and I don't want skin cancer so I'm careful. She said, "yeah, wear sunscreen to protect you against cancer, but you still need a tan."
    It's true. Medical training doesn't make a person know about every health related thing😅 but it seems to make them think they do.

    • @cindellednic
      @cindellednic 15 днів тому +16

      Nurses are constantly concerned about my skin colour. They think I'm going to pass out any minute I'm like "Hun I just look like this I've been wearing sunscreen since I was a kid"

    • @margodphd
      @margodphd 15 днів тому +18

      Same - I'm naturally very, very, very pale and I wear sunscreen religiously since childhood due to having had birthmarks that looked fishy to childhood dermatologist. I heard that I must have anemia or that I "look sick" from nurses so many times I've lost count, often nurses that looked like they have members card for tanning bed salon. And then they look at my birth year, surprised.
      Why people feel the need to comment on other people's appearance and give advice outside of their scope,I wonder...

    • @stephstevens2
      @stephstevens2 14 днів тому +6

      Yeah I honestly find it really weird and rude. It's also dangerous advice. I wish experts in the relevant field could directly put them in their place all at once😂 it's ridiculous how bold they are about things they don't actually know about...

    • @lizroberts1569
      @lizroberts1569 8 днів тому +9

      Nurses aren’t great regarding diet or skincare.

    • @pamelacox540
      @pamelacox540 7 днів тому +10

      My sister-in-law, a nurse, still uses a tanning bed. And is anti-vaccine. So do not base health decisions only on the role of the speaker. It helps me to look at greed as a reason for outrageous statements. Difficult to assess the true expertise of the speaker also. What we truly need is better science education.

  • @jessicameyer665
    @jessicameyer665 15 днів тому +70

    molecular biologist here - I had no what the actual molecular mechanism was for sunburn beyond generic "DNA damage" until today. Every day is a school day and I am a very happu little nerd to have learnt this!

  • @justilou1
    @justilou1 15 днів тому +1269

    I can imagine if you use the DIY sunscreen all the neighbourhood dogs will flock to you like a suburban Disney Princess

    • @mariaathena7910
      @mariaathena7910 15 днів тому +15

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @stephstevens2
      @stephstevens2 15 днів тому +34

      SUBURBAN DISNEY PRINCESS! 😭🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @DrowSkinned
      @DrowSkinned 15 днів тому +67

      And then the flies after the food oils go rancid 😮

    • @rachel_sj
      @rachel_sj 15 днів тому +42

      As someone who has oily skin, I can’t imagine how terribly that animal “sunscreen” would make my skin break out. The tradeoffs of using that “sunscreen” are not worth it…

    • @i.cant.pick.a.user_name
      @i.cant.pick.a.user_name 15 днів тому +2

      real

  • @makeupatrick
    @makeupatrick 15 днів тому +1663

    Huberman shouldn't be a university professor while spreading misinformation and pulling things out of his ass. That is extremely unethical for an academic.

    • @stuntvist
      @stuntvist 15 днів тому +503

      That's his entire deal though. Same class and type as Jordan Peterson, the "I have a PhD in a very specific area so I must be an expert in literally anything and everything that exists" men.

    • @Alice_Walker
      @Alice_Walker 15 днів тому +247

      I love it. I was interested in what Huberman had to say for a while but fairly early on his podcasts he made a very intense negative claim about a kind of medication I'd been taking and experiencing positive effects from for a long time and had a lot of knowledge about. Weeks and weeks of further searching and I failed to find any trace of the study/evidence he referred to. The specialist who prescribed me was dismissive of his claim also. Super dodgy 💩

    • @kb-ni5ug
      @kb-ni5ug 15 днів тому +14

      @@Alice_Walker which medication you refer to?

    • @Sandy-of6gq
      @Sandy-of6gq 15 днів тому +118

      32:05 to see in writing what actually comes out of this prestigious university professor's mouth is shocking. This is middle school broscience level of conversation

    • @CJM279
      @CJM279 15 днів тому +1

      @@Sandy-of6gqfacts.

  • @mara_9178
    @mara_9178 15 днів тому +51

    I’m European and guilty of not using sunscreen on a daily basis. Sunscreen causing cancer, imbalances women’s hormones and preventing from getting a tan bc the sun isn’t that strong in Europe were the reasons why I used coconut oil as a sunscreen bc so many blogger, influencer and people said it’s healthier than sunscreen.
    But everything you explained makes so much sense. I ordered my first spf 50 now 😄 thank you for debunking those things

    • @AmeliaMastervally
      @AmeliaMastervally День тому +1

      I think it's easier for Europeans to fall for those tricks than people who live in very sunny areas. I live in South Africa, growing up my mom used to wear coconut oil to help her tan more, now she has to get melanoma lazered off that are a result of years of coconut oil tanning. I'm a woman and don't expereince any hormonal issues with sun screen, if it makes you break out it could just be too thick for your skin instead of messing with hormones. Take it from someone who has to live with the sun at its harshest, if you're planning on being in the sun all day - wear sunscreen!

  • @Shsisofofjensjskkf
    @Shsisofofjensjskkf 14 днів тому +28

    As a white dude in his early twenties who has neglected skincare most of his life, your channel has done a great job in dispelling a lot of the misinformation I used to believe. I used to think sunscreen was the devil but I am no longer afraid to wear it. Thank you!

  • @behemoththekitty
    @behemoththekitty 15 днів тому +1012

    "I'm standing in direct sunlight right now" . "Nobody gets burned in 20 minutes " yes they do. As a pale blonde who was born and raised in Europe I haven't known what REAL SUN feels like until l traveled to Florida. Europeans have this very lax attitude towards sun safety because the whole continent is very northern, and we aren't really aware of how cold we have it relative to almost everyone else. Even the southern parts like the Mediterranean region get snowy winters. We shouldn't export our sun behavior. Seriously. Let's stay in our lane.

    • @coffee_2234
      @coffee_2234 15 днів тому +60

      Fr not all skin tone is resistance to sun some skin burn easily than other

    • @biosparkles9442
      @biosparkles9442 15 днів тому +148

      People with dark skin burn and get sun damage from UV as well, it's just not as visually apparent but it happens just as quickly as it does to people with pale skin when the UV index is high. Everyone should be wearing sunscreen on any exposed skin whenever outside, it's the easiest way to prevent UV damage.

    • @foxwaffles
      @foxwaffles 15 днів тому +53

      I knew someone who could burn in 10 minutes in a car. It's so different for everyone.

    • @azharel
      @azharel 15 днів тому +42

      I am brown and I still got burned easily and I turn into dark chocolate and flaky for days.

    • @Kasey113
      @Kasey113 15 днів тому +46

      Same here. I'm another pale European who moved to the bright US sun (I'm in a desert on the opposite coast from where you are), and I never leave the house without wearing SPF 50+ on all exposed skin during the spring, summer, and fall, because if I don't then I burn in about five minutes. Long sleeves are our friends!

  • @concamon1364
    @concamon1364 15 днів тому +692

    "They don't *look* like they care about skincare" 9:10
    Oh, Michelle's coming for blood in this one 😂

    • @LabMuffinBeautyScience
      @LabMuffinBeautyScience  15 днів тому +161

      This was the most nicely worded take... 😅

    • @yuli.wed.
      @yuli.wed. 15 днів тому +79

      Honestly a valid take, if someone is very tan I assume they don't care about their skin at all.

    • @9090lillypad
      @9090lillypad 15 днів тому +73

      Yes, it’s always people with thin villainous lips and rampant sun damage who say sunscreen is “toxic”

    • @caslam8286
      @caslam8286 15 днів тому +30

      @@9090lillypadvillainous lips😂 so trueeee

    • @WeatherManToBe
      @WeatherManToBe 15 днів тому +18

      I was thinking the same thing. Like, maybe he should stop EATING IT and put it on😂😂😂😂

  • @micheleann1737
    @micheleann1737 12 днів тому +15

    People also forget that tanning beds were a big thing in the 2000s and it increases your chance of skin cancer.

  • @michelleb6395
    @michelleb6395 15 днів тому +142

    Dr. Huberman disappointed me a long time ago. I’m a researcher with a terminal degree. I stay in my lane, and I respect other researchers who stay in their lanes. Influencer culture is dangerous when it’s irresponsible. Thank you for continuing to share responsible, peer-reviewed evidence.

    • @zannabondesson2544
      @zannabondesson2544 13 днів тому +13

      agreed. i wish he would stick to his specific area of study, especially when so many people listen to his podcast and happen upon his clips

    • @sunshine5777
      @sunshine5777 10 днів тому +11

      As a scientist myself I can only speak to my area of expertise and defer to others for theirs. And even then I still don’t claim to know everything in my area. As I say to other people that I train, I am still learning new things every day as science progresses every day! I believe arrogance in any scientist is a major red flag 🚩

    • @michelleb6395
      @michelleb6395 6 днів тому

      @@zannabondesson2544 , yes! I’ve learned a lot from him sharing information related to his specific field, but I’ve heard him share misinformation about other fields more than once. I’m afraid people may view him as an expert and then internalize everything he shares.

    • @michelleb6395
      @michelleb6395 6 днів тому +1

      @@sunshine5777 , absolutely! We learn new things every day and must be careful to stay current in our fields and practice care when sharing information not related to our specific field.

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 День тому +1

      I'm careful just about what I say in normal conversation and I'm still studying, it's just that among my friends and family I've become the “science one” so people tend to believe what I say, and a lot of the time people misinterpret me when I'm trying to joke. I feel like surely everyone who has pursued a career in science must have had this kinda experience so how can that not make you careful about what you say!

  • @AKbaby89
    @AKbaby89 15 днів тому +430

    My mom has had skin cancer, so when i saw a brand basically saying SPF causes cancer, i was pretty annoyed. I cannot believe theres so many totally unrealistic myths/rumors about SPF

    • @doeeyes2
      @doeeyes2 15 днів тому +20

      My best friends mom died from skincancer thwt eventually soread. She wax only 35 years old and left behind two young duaghters. Horrible.

    • @sugarplumcarly
      @sugarplumcarly 12 днів тому +6

      My mom also had skin cancer. Basically had her whole nose removed then reconstructed. She still doesn’t wear sunscreen and “doesn’t believe SPF is real.” 🙄

    • @nicolevigo5349
      @nicolevigo5349 11 днів тому

      @@sugarplumcarlysame with mine!

    • @NickMarshallMusic
      @NickMarshallMusic День тому

      Skin cancer is a multifaceted problem, but just so you know blue light or indoor living will stimulate melanocytes more than UV light will. All the big cancers we know about including skin cancer will show low vitamin D in the patients. Work that one out.

    • @doeeyes2
      @doeeyes2 День тому +1

      @@NickMarshallMusic can i get a source on that first claim? Are you saying that blue light/LED lightbulbs will stimulate melanocytes more than the sun's UV light??

  • @Lmcv82
    @Lmcv82 15 днів тому +508

    how on earth did that man make it all the way through medical school with no interest in science?

    • @maryeckel9682
      @maryeckel9682 15 днів тому +30

      His medical degree is in psychiatry.

    • @makalehelie
      @makalehelie 15 днів тому +122

      @@maryeckel9682every md goes through the same med school as any other medical doctor. You graduate, get your your title, and then specialize.

    • @BreakofDawn
      @BreakofDawn 15 днів тому +116

      I also wouldn’t trust his “homemade” formula given how tanned and dry aged his skin looks

    • @MsKateC2K
      @MsKateC2K 15 днів тому +44

      I may be wrong but I don't think medical school requires you to write a thesis like other stem graduate degrees. So I guess it's possible that he's good at memorizing for exams but not at critical thinking when it comes to scientific research 😅

    • @mariaathena7910
      @mariaathena7910 15 днів тому +5

      @@BreakofDawn speaks for itself, melanoma here i come

  • @MrsBees
    @MrsBees 14 днів тому +31

    The increase of skin cancer could be for tons of reasons like the ozone depletion, tanning beds, more recreational activities, higher populations in more sunny areas, longer lives, better healthcare, more access to healthcare, etc

    • @PrometheanFlame
      @PrometheanFlame 14 днів тому +8

      I think a lot of it has to do with the ozone depletion, caused by industrial pollution, and local environmental pollution and stress which can contribute to health issues including cancers. And anything that can impact your immune system could cause skin issues which make you more vulnerable to UVA and UVB. And yeah, some places have worse sun than others. But historically ozone depletion has gotten worse over time.

    • @azzgunther
      @azzgunther 13 днів тому

      People spend less time in the sun than ever. Skin cancer is is very likely due to exposure to the chemicals in industrial sunscreen. The pharma industry is the largest funder of: -academic research -media -medical organizations -politicians. Chronic disease is a multi-trillion dollar industry. Whatever good information is available is not going to come from conventional information streams for this reason.

    • @MrsBees
      @MrsBees 12 днів тому

      @@PrometheanFlame I do too. That's probably the number one reason

    • @2nerC9
      @2nerC9 4 дні тому +2

      I believe one factor could be our diets too but I might be wrong. Just kinda gut feeling speculation not much to back it up but I do know the foods we eat today are worst and far more industrialized than ever before.

    • @MrsBees
      @MrsBees 2 дні тому

      @@2nerC9 who knows. Might have something to do with it.

  • @sarahb6321
    @sarahb6321 10 днів тому +11

    As a currently pregnant lady whose anxiety skyrocketed in pregnancy- thank you. There is so much fear mongering to pregnant women and it’s so scary. You just want to protect your baby who you know is so vulnerable and so small and it starts to feel like nothing is safe- then people tell you that feeling anxious will hurt the baby too and I’ve just felt like I’m failing my baby this whole pregnancy.

  • @christineg8151
    @christineg8151 15 днів тому +217

    As an organic chemist, I appreciate the more in-depth discussion of the mechanism of sunburn. The phrase 2+2 cycloaddition makes me feel right at home.

    • @LabMuffinBeautyScience
      @LabMuffinBeautyScience  15 днів тому +64

      After I uploaded I realised I accidentally said "the double bond moves" instead of "the bond moves", I was hoping no one would notice but may as well come clean now 😅

  • @sarettakhan792
    @sarettakhan792 15 днів тому +438

    People that have never been to Australia don’t even know that one could get sunburned in literally 10 min outside - go to Queensland and then you’ll start wearing 50++++ in your home with the blinds down 😂👌🏻

    • @duh_googleit
      @duh_googleit 15 днів тому +50

      Australia had me wearing spf 75 on overcast days 😭

    • @coffee_2234
      @coffee_2234 15 днів тому +34

      australia sun is brutal just like the wildlife in there 😂

    • @xyz-jv9df
      @xyz-jv9df 15 днів тому +19

      It's d same in india, d tropical overhead sun, d heat, d humidity n water scarcity is a deadly cocktail

    • @auricia201
      @auricia201 15 днів тому

      ​@@coffee_2234Australia wants people 💀

    • @LabMuffinBeautyScience
      @LabMuffinBeautyScience  15 днів тому +75

      Tasmania is surprisingly bad! It's usually cold, but your skin feels strangely painful...

  • @dabdoubeh
    @dabdoubeh 15 днів тому +109

    I'm SICK of Andrew Huberman. He's constantly getting promoted by youtube and I'm not gonna listen to his opinions and recommendations on literally anything and everything just because he's an expert in one thing.

    • @tomorrow.
      @tomorrow. 11 днів тому +2

      Honestly I don't think he is asking anyone to stop using sunscreen he just he doesn't cuz he found molecules in neurones. Ppl can think for themselves right?
      Am still gonna use sunscreen lol😂

    • @ghostoflazlo
      @ghostoflazlo 6 днів тому +1

      I'm a expert on Warhammer 40K
      Now here's my hottest stock tips and what car seta you should buy for your child

    • @ts5284
      @ts5284 4 дні тому +1

      As a biologist I'm ashamed of Hubrisman

    • @andrewprahst2529
      @andrewprahst2529 3 дні тому

      I tried to rebuke you in all caps and then put emojis 1 through 10 afterwards, but I got auto-flagged as spam. You're lucky youtube hates and crimps my style.

  • @MaidMirawyn
    @MaidMirawyn 15 днів тому +44

    I made sunscreen exactly once…I got sunburned within half an hour. Lesson learned.
    I lost an older friend to melanoma two years ago. She beat every expectation by living for sixteen years with stage IV melanoma. But it was brutal, and she suffered a lot.
    Margaret had a message for everyone at her funeral, delivered by her daughter: Wear sunscreen. Always.

  • @Saturnreturn123
    @Saturnreturn123 15 днів тому +301

    The major problem is people speaking outside their expertise. Huberman has been called out on this so many times but his following are cultish and believe everything he says. They’re at risk for getting burned and even skin cancer. He himself looks significantly older. He’s only 48, but he looks a decade older with leathery wrinkled skin of a 65 year old. He shouldn’t be speaking outside his expertise. He’s profiting by fear mongering.

    • @ZZ-qy5mv
      @ZZ-qy5mv 15 днів тому +45

      Believing someone is right about everything because they were right about a bunch of things is the real problem. Anyone with decent parents probably gave them "life changing advice" at some point, but no one even listens to their parents about everything.

    • @catc8927
      @catc8927 15 днів тому +64

      I’m annoyed that Huberman leans on his credentials as a Stanford Medicine professor, when he doesn’t teach and his “lab” nowadays is just one or two researchers who he mostly ignores.
      It took that New York Magazine exposé to bring that to light, although the focus ended up being on his sketchy dating practices.
      Crap like this discredits the legit work that the rest of Stanford Medicine faculty and researchers are doing.

    • @Alisse.notavaliable
      @Alisse.notavaliable 15 днів тому +5

      It's all about money... controversys bring more attention an money.

    • @alamanca001
      @alamanca001 14 днів тому

      @catc8927 so was he never a professor there or?

    • @AgentSmith1902
      @AgentSmith1902 9 днів тому

      ​@@catc8927Mind sharing where I can find that exposé on? (as in keywords). I used to listen to his podcasts about sleep so I was fascinated with his content.

  • @itsgonnabeanaurfromme
    @itsgonnabeanaurfromme 15 днів тому +266

    21:08 typical fearmongering rhetoric: "nobody can say the effects after 50 years, so it must be bad."

    • @Wonderlandish
      @Wonderlandish 13 днів тому +20

      So real. And meanwhile we DO know the damage the sun does if we’re exposed to it for 50 years 😭 still people would rather cling onto the imaginary

    • @ricebeansrockroll882
      @ricebeansrockroll882 13 днів тому +4

      This is how I feel about people who are scared of toothpaste too.

  • @hannahyamauchi839
    @hannahyamauchi839 15 днів тому +94

    Whenever I hear "Increased rates of (medical condition) in the last x years" I always think "Yeah, increased rate of DIAGNOSIS in the last x years."

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 День тому +1

      And no one ever talks about the falls in other diagnoses as we either got better at diagnosing things or treating them. Like the rise in autism diagnoses coincides with a fall in schizophrenia diagnoses because it used to be the case that basically everything got diagnosed as schizophrenia. Similarly rising cancer rates coincides with a fall in deaths from infectious diseases because when people stopped dying of turbecolosis they started living long enough to die from cancer instead.

  • @Snooznoo
    @Snooznoo 15 днів тому +27

    The sunscreen during pregnancy thing absolutely drives me mad - it's such an emotionally fraught time, and when you're told you MUST use sunscreen because your skin is more sensitive, but you're also receiving the message all over the place that sunscreen is dangerous and will harm your baby, the outcome is inevitably that a percentage of pregnant women will either get burnt, or stop going outside altogether. My sister refused to wear any spf during pregnancy and she has a scientific background, so it can strike anyone.

    • @margodphd
      @margodphd 15 днів тому

      People consciously preying on first time mothers wanting to do the best thing for their baby deserve jail time. We really ought to fight misinformation as not only it causes harm, but incidences of restrictive eating disorders and OCD are increasing as well. Fearmongering makes people paranoid and unsure whom they can trust due to strategies used by people using fear to make money. It's despicable.

    • @defeqel6537
      @defeqel6537 2 дні тому

      Don't stop going outside altogether, but if you avoid going outside between 10AM and 4PM you are not very likely to get burned (edit: and avoiding some fruits like citrus helps a lot too)

    • @Nopenopenope6969
      @Nopenopenope6969 День тому

      ​@@defeqel6537 Wtf? Stop SPREADING MISINFORMATION. You can get burned anytime during the day, even on overcast days. Avoiding citrus in the Sun is the only thing you said backed up by science. Get a better hobby than trying to kill people with skin cancer misinformation.

  • @debedwards1717
    @debedwards1717 15 днів тому +251

    My friend died from melanoma aged 34 and a friend’s sister died aged 32. I have many friends who have had skin cancers removed. Just wear sunscreen.

    • @wplants9793
      @wplants9793 15 днів тому +18

      Oh how sad! I’m so sorry to hear that.

    • @minagica
      @minagica 13 днів тому +6

      I've heard that the melanomas that kill us don't usually arise in places the sun would be hitting
      Still wearing my sunscreen even indoors cuz I'm combatting dark spots that would come back if I didn't, I'm not looking for excuses to not wear sunscreen, I'm just saying that sunscreen preventing skin cancer might not be as straightforward as we've been telling each other

    • @Kwildcat13
      @Kwildcat13 12 днів тому +6

      What did she eat on the regular though because the chemicals in sunscreen are terrible . Slathering babies with chemicals seems insane to me . Trying not to get sun ever is insane too .. I believe people are lied to about skin cancer in general .

    • @NoOctopuss
      @NoOctopuss 12 днів тому +7

      I got melanoma at 21 and wore sunscreen religiously at the time. I changed my diet, wear sunscreen far less, and never found another sign of melanoma after 22 years. I increased red meat significantly. I now also don't eat seed oils.

    • @AbbylaParisienne
      @AbbylaParisienne 11 днів тому

      @@NoOctopussWere you stressed ? Or had a traumatic event before the diagnosis ?

  • @mavrifantasia
    @mavrifantasia 15 днів тому +147

    A friend of mine has lupus and her rheumatologist told her to only use mineral sunscreen (lupus causes photosensitivity so sunscreen is imperative). When prompted the doctor said it's because she wouldn't have to reapply a mineral sunscreen as often as chemical sunscreen. It's really a shame that, like you said, doctors' misunderstanding of cosmetic science can impact patients skin health, especially for people who are more sensitive. Especially since mineral sunscreen (tend to) suck and you end up using less than what's advisable.

    • @user-lp5ci9bi2j
      @user-lp5ci9bi2j 14 днів тому +8

      Unfortunately she is actually lucky the dr mentioned sunscreen at all. I found out the importance from lupus website

    • @mavrifantasia
      @mavrifantasia 14 днів тому

      @@user-lp5ci9bi2j that's terrible. But I'm glad the lupus foundation website exists, it's a great resource

  • @lazenbear
    @lazenbear 15 днів тому +53

    As someone who could be considered an expert in a field, you'll notice a real expert because they immediately caveat what they say and the limits of their expertise even in their field. It's actually a problem in science communication because lay people see this reticence for absolutes as though we're unsure.

    • @rawkhawk414
      @rawkhawk414 2 дні тому +3

      It is so fucking exhausting how over the past 10 years we've globally adopted this culture of "everyone's wrong and my criticisms are useful because I can use Google".

    • @Nopenopenope6969
      @Nopenopenope6969 День тому

      ​@@rawkhawk414 Dunning-Kruger suuuuuucks

    • @jonnynice8366
      @jonnynice8366 День тому

      Actually the exact opposite is true. When "experts" give unequivocal advice about a topic where a lot of uncertaintly exists and they turn out to be wrong, THAT is when they lose public trust.
      *cough cough, you know like pretty much everything related to the pandemic, all kinds of health interventions and food

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 День тому

      @@jonnynice8366 Sounds more like you already made up your mind on what you want to be true and based your view of the world on it.

    • @jonnynice8366
      @jonnynice8366 День тому

      ​@@hedgehog3180 lol, no. I actually enjoy nothing more than changing my mind based on evidence and logic.

  • @smallnwise1
    @smallnwise1 15 днів тому +66

    You go girl. Huberman takedown: not going out of your way to do it; not going out of your way to avoid it. Perfectly done.

  • @comedyman4896
    @comedyman4896 15 днів тому +213

    all this time I thought I was just overly sensitive as a child because I used to hate wearing high spf sunscreen, when in reality they really have gotten less irritating since then

    • @tinabean713
      @tinabean713 15 днів тому +28

      Same. That Johnson's & Johnson's sunscreen burned the hell outta my skin and my mom thought I was just being whiny and difficult and kept buying it.

    • @LabMuffinBeautyScience
      @LabMuffinBeautyScience  15 днів тому +96

      It's wild - when I first started blogging in 2011 I remember it being hard to find a sunscreen over SPF 15 that felt nice! Now my top sunscreen list keeps growing and it's almost all SPF 50+ 😀

    • @wplants9793
      @wplants9793 15 днів тому +20

      I have MCAS had a very hard time with sunscreen until I was 40 and found Korean sunscreen. They all burned my eyes and made they inflamed for many days or ever weeks after. In one year I tried over 35 sunscreens!! Thank UA-cam where I heard about K Beauty sunscreens

    • @naomihirsch2796
      @naomihirsch2796 15 днів тому +3

      YES. I thought that's what it was supposed to feel like 😭

    • @misss7777
      @misss7777 15 днів тому +9

      As a child I thought it is supposed to burn. As an adult I found out I'm sensitive to Octocrylene and Perfumes. Iam so thankful for new modern sunscreen filters.

  • @dazzaclark
    @dazzaclark 15 днів тому +146

    “She’s a doctor not a dermatologist this time” 😂😂😂 pick me up off the floor LOL

    • @AricaMichelle
      @AricaMichelle 15 днів тому +11

      She has never once claimed to be a Dermatologist. She made a whole video speaking on her credentials and showed her diploma. Don't know why Michelle said this...

    • @drisshansfreetime453
      @drisshansfreetime453 14 днів тому +10

      ​@@AricaMichellewell Doctor V has claimed multiple, lets says, dermatological statements in the pasts that are not true, like the one in the video. She also doesnt like chemical sunscreen because of that news about going into tje blood stream, and she also believes in the comedogenic rating. 😅

    • @metoo3342
      @metoo3342 14 днів тому +13

      ​@@AricaMichelleI always thought she was a dermatologist until this video. I think Dr V is a little misleading.

    • @iluvearth99
      @iluvearth99 14 днів тому +2

      @@AricaMichelleI took it to mean that a lot of the doctors she reacts to are dermatologists, rather than another discipline

  • @PallasTurrets
    @PallasTurrets 14 днів тому +14

    sunscreen and bug repellant are 2 things where I dont fuck with the natural versions. give me that all-chemical protection babyy

    • @alyssabrown-carleton6173
      @alyssabrown-carleton6173 10 днів тому +3

      Same. I have to wear the highest deet concentration or i will get bit by something

  • @bluebird4815
    @bluebird4815 14 днів тому +12

    As a melanated person whose uncle died due to skin cancer, i will never quit telling people to wear sunscreen!!!!

  • @alicegaiba
    @alicegaiba 15 днів тому +147

    I've never been to Australia nor worn one of those hats, but that teacher screaming at Tim really got me

    • @LabMuffinBeautyScience
      @LabMuffinBeautyScience  15 днів тому +70

      Every school has a little shit called Tim!

    • @AleshaBerkholz
      @AleshaBerkholz 13 днів тому +2

      I laughed out loud! So good!

    • @alicepalermo3957
      @alicepalermo3957 10 днів тому

      @@LabMuffinBeautyScience Also lets give credit to the flaps joke! You are my new favourite you-tuber ;)

  • @michele0324
    @michele0324 15 днів тому +92

    After watching your review on Korean sunscreens I purchased Isntree Hyaluronic Acid Watery Sun Gel SPF 50+ and Beauty of Joseon SPF 50+. WOW. America has it all wrong! These sunscreens are so lightweight and because they don't cause me to break out I don't mind wearing SPF during the winter or while indoors. Thanks for having our back, front and all the bits between!

    • @wplants9793
      @wplants9793 15 днів тому +3

      K beauty sunscreens are the best - nothing compares in my opinion

    • @ambergerhelper7852
      @ambergerhelper7852 15 днів тому +2

      I literally use the BoJ as MOISTURIZER. It’s that nice! 🤓

    • @ixtahdanielac4922
      @ixtahdanielac4922 15 днів тому

      @@ambergerhelper7852oh, you rich rich 😏

    • @Quadrye
      @Quadrye 14 днів тому +1

      and boj doesn’t sting your eyes!!

  • @lindseycassini1560
    @lindseycassini1560 15 днів тому +27

    Thank you for bringing to my attention what Hubberman said 😮 I am actually a Neuroscientist, and I always found the way Huberman present "facts' a bit weird. I always feel suspicious when people are too certain about something, that is not how science works. But, I thought it was okay, maybe it was a just my impression. But now hearing that he doesn't wear sunscreen, I cannot take him seriously anymore.

    • @esvedra2419
      @esvedra2419 12 днів тому +1

      From my memory he suggested to get exposed to early sun for the purpose of vit D synthesis, not so much frying in the sun without sunscreen

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 День тому

      @@esvedra2419 You can also just take vitamin supplements though.

    • @esvedra2419
      @esvedra2419 4 години тому

      @@hedgehog3180 vitamin D supplements are often poorly absorbed, you can take highest dose and still be deficient.

  • @mashilda7921
    @mashilda7921 15 днів тому +15

    as an oily girl with acne, i feel really bad just watching at this diy sunscreen 😭

  • @princess_intell
    @princess_intell 15 днів тому +174

    Sometimes i wonder how some of these charlatans sleep at night. Do they completely buy into their own BS? Do they know that they're spreading dangerous lies? I honestly don't know which is worse.

    • @itsgonnabeanaurfromme
      @itsgonnabeanaurfromme 15 днів тому +47

      Probably. Considering most of them look like beef jerky.

    • @xyz-jv9df
      @xyz-jv9df 15 днів тому +18

      Yes, they sleep like babies. It's possible when u don't hav a conscience. U wudnt believe how happy ppl can be while conning others, until u actually come across one such person.

    • @princess_intell
      @princess_intell 15 днів тому

      @@xyz-jv9df god, if I found out I took money from someone under false pretenses I'd never sleep again

    • @mysticfox1663
      @mysticfox1663 15 днів тому +7

      I imagine they focus on the money lol

    • @baileyrobbins50
      @baileyrobbins50 14 днів тому

      Reminds me of some scammer who constantly talks about medbeds xD keeps saying it’ll heal everything and you don’t need to go to the doctors or hospital at all. So people with cancer aren’t getting treatment because they believe some quackadoodle. And if people call her out or people who listen then ended up super sick almost died from listening to her advice. They literally get blocked and comments are deleted… she literally is killing people and stealing money from these people… tf

  • @safetypinforkeeps
    @safetypinforkeeps 15 днів тому +118

    That dramatic re-enactment “Tim, put down your flap” with the black and white filter, squinting, and pauses in between each Tim just TOOK ME OUT. What a masterpiece, Michelle.

    • @avendoir
      @avendoir 15 днів тому +5

      i feel like i’ve been transported back to primary school honestly LMAO 😭

  • @shankornfeld1541
    @shankornfeld1541 15 днів тому +37

    "Avoiding sunscreens because of tryclosanes would be like avoiding refridgerators because you don't like dial-up internet - it's not around anymore, and was never in that thing in the first place" 😂

  • @Moskinlab
    @Moskinlab 15 днів тому +20

    Thank you, Michelle, for the feature. It's always a thrill to see "experts" getting lost in the maze of their own overconfidence!

    • @LabMuffinBeautyScience
      @LabMuffinBeautyScience  15 днів тому +5

      Thank you for letting me use your video! I always appreciate your insights, there are so few toxicologists on social media 🥲

  • @floweringtulsi
    @floweringtulsi 15 днів тому +149

    Huberman is constantly making ridiculous claims. It's extremely disheartening to see the number of people he's taking advantage of.

    • @catc8927
      @catc8927 15 днів тому +40

      I am extra annoyed with him for tarnishing Stanford Medicine’s good name in the process. There are dozens of hard working legit non-quacks there who are now indirectly associated with this very public quack.

    • @BossBellini
      @BossBellini 13 днів тому +11

      Of all the off-the-rails scientists out there, he's been by far the most disappointing, and continues to be. The most infuriating thing about is that he is still very much aware how to sound like a scientist (i.e. being careful to appear moderate, reference peer review and studies, etc.), and has avoided cultivating a red-flag bombastic persona. This is what makes his BS even more impactful.

    • @mikahina3909
      @mikahina3909 12 днів тому +2

      He is one of the few that actually knows what he talks about. Do you have any examples of falsehoods?

    • @MissMovies29
      @MissMovies29 9 днів тому +9

      Mika did you watch the video you commented on

    • @mikahina3909
      @mikahina3909 9 днів тому +1

      @@MissMovies29yes I did. He said ‘certain sunscreens’ (NOT ALL). And he is most likely referring to old sunscreens from the 80s as they would be the only ones that could have been tested after 10 years. He didn’t make any crazy claim in this video? Also, he was the only one in this video that didn’t.
      So question remains, do you have any example where he has said anything fraudulent or obviously wrong?

  • @makeupdiaries6438
    @makeupdiaries6438 15 днів тому +75

    Tallow sunscreen guy looks sunburnt tbh

  • @elizabethbeierle7464
    @elizabethbeierle7464 15 днів тому +12

    “Nobody gets burned in 20 min” ma’am, I fell asleep next to a lake in Colorado for MAYBE 15 min and had a 3rd degree sunburn and sun poisoning. Maybe you can’t get a sunburn in 20 min at sea level and nearer to the north and South Poles, but there are absolutely places you can burn very very fast.

  • @heavenknows4857
    @heavenknows4857 15 днів тому +12

    It's intriguing how individuals often portray themselves as authorities on subjects when, in truth, they're simply misinformed!

  • @RedXiongmao
    @RedXiongmao 15 днів тому +55

    0:41 Somebody said it last time but I'm not gonna trust the sunscreen recipe of someone who currently has a sunburn, and whose skin looks like beef jerky

  • @DogBehaviorGuy
    @DogBehaviorGuy 15 днів тому +233

    "Lineoleic acid is bad for you."
    It's literally one of only TWO essential fatty acids, and arguably the more essential of the two. Fail on skincare *and* nutrition for the man who rubs a weird snack on his skin.

    • @juliamanning2658
      @juliamanning2658 14 днів тому +9

      Pufas oxidize. Saturated fat does not. Since being ketovore I never burn in the sun anymore. Eating seed oils makes you burn.

    • @DogBehaviorGuy
      @DogBehaviorGuy 14 днів тому

      @@juliamanning2658
      "biochemistry shmiochemistry, i'm on a fad diet and have anecdotal claims"
      edit to add: literally all fats oxidize. it'd be bad if they didn't.

    • @azzgunther
      @azzgunther 13 днів тому

      It does appear to be quite bad for you, yes, mainly in the excessive quantities that are obtained in modern diets. Obviously humans need a small amount of Omega-6 but that low threshold is met while actively avoiding seed oils and linoleic acid in foods.

    • @flutterg1035
      @flutterg1035 13 днів тому +31

      ​@juliamanning2658 Ever heard of cognitive bias?

    • @jaazz90
      @jaazz90 13 днів тому

      ​@@juliamanning2658everything oxidizes, stoopid.

  • @aiste77777
    @aiste77777 11 днів тому +2

    Here in Sweden we have a woman called Johanna Gillbro who has a doctorate in experimental and clinical dermatology and is one of Sweden's leading skin experts. She talks a lot about how many sunscreens have hormonal disrupting ingredients and should be avoided. She is an expert in skincare and is a doctor and scientist. It is really hard to know these days who to trust. Every scientist and expert says different things.

  • @stephernoodle
    @stephernoodle 14 днів тому +6

    I’ve seen Australian schoolkids with the hats and thought it was just a weird uniform 😭 it makes so much sense that it’s for sun protection!
    I am from Florida where our UV index is almost always super high and I really wish we had had that kind of education as kids. I had SO many awful sunburns

  • @AutumnVulpes369
    @AutumnVulpes369 15 днів тому +82

    i have a sun sensitivity, lady i DO get burned in 20 min direct sun even with SPF 50+ on a UV rating of 4+ usually not on 3 and below ut sunscreen at UV rating 2+ is a MUST for me. commenting to promote your content, love your videos!

  • @ricequin
    @ricequin 15 днів тому +43

    That woman who says nobody burns in twenty minutes in direct sunlight needs to explain how I have burned in less than that time on a partly overcast spring day in Scotland (not exactly a high UV hotspot and I have the complexion of someone adapted to Northern Europe.

    • @jtsroll
      @jtsroll 15 днів тому +15

      i'm as brown as i can be and mid day is 40°c in bangkok so yes, you can literally burn within 10-20mins

    • @Lilybun
      @Lilybun 14 днів тому +7

      i'm from a nordic country living in QLD australia. it's trivially easy to burn in 5 minutes or less. zinc sunscreen is the only way i can exist outside when the sun is bad.

    • @MaryAnnSweetAngel
      @MaryAnnSweetAngel 11 днів тому +1

      I've never burned in india. But also, I'm an introvert who rarely leaves her house 😅 I am the only person in my department who wears sunscreen and I've been teased about it but IDC I'm 30 and i don't wanna get skin cancer or look too old 😭

  • @bunneywolf
    @bunneywolf 15 днів тому +5

    Its a shame because I believe you are correct. People intentionally misuse the term "holistic" to seem more knowledgeable than they are. They have no training in holistic medicine and have a less than minimal understanding of how these things work. It's wild.

  • @mcarr103
    @mcarr103 14 днів тому +5

    As someone studying Science and looking to go into a field similar to yours, I'm really grateful that there are such good science communicators out there like yourself. As someone who fell into the mineral is better than chemical myths, it was a relief to be pulled out of that fallacy in a way that respects my intelligence and informs me so comprehensively.
    I've been a fan of your videos for a long time now, and you honestly inspire me to have a career in toxicology, or even strive to be a science communicator such as yourself. The work you do is very important, and thank you for always engaging in the uphill (and often thankless) battle of challenging science misinformation.

  • @FaceItGrace
    @FaceItGrace 15 днів тому +179

    The same people who focus on cosmetics being unhealthy for our bodies turn a blind eye to oil spills being bad for our planet. Thank you for this therapy session Michelle!

  • @becca7327
    @becca7327 15 днів тому +186

    "You need violence to do that. " 😂

    • @lukastemberger
      @lukastemberger 15 днів тому +13

      Animal-based should be called violence-based or cruelty based.

    • @coffee_2234
      @coffee_2234 15 днів тому +2

      Vegan people gonna have a field day with that one

  • @jetsofaqua2206
    @jetsofaqua2206 12 днів тому +5

    My grandma will always keep my faith that over exposure to the sun is not good for our skin. She’s always diligently used spf never goes out in direct sunlight without a huge sun hat and glasses. She has aged brilliantly at 80 years old. She is often mistaken as my mothers sister despite a 30 year age gap!

    • @Woman_of_a_Certain_Age
      @Woman_of_a_Certain_Age 8 днів тому

      I have avoided the sun and used sunscreen since my early 20’s and my sister who is two years older than me was a sunworshiper. She has had multiple skin cancers removed (hands, face, and arms). And I make a point of saying she’s my sister so no one calls her my mother, it would kill her if someone did.

  • @lavayuki
    @lavayuki 15 днів тому +8

    I used to follow dr Vanita but I found that a lot of stuff she says is so extreme. Her whole anti-chemical sunscreen and all that hormone imbalance and pregnancy stuff seems insane to me. I use chemical European, Japanese and Korean sunscreens all the time and they work perfectly in protecting me from the sun. LRP ones are all chemical and worked perfectly when I went to Dubai, pretty strong stuff.

  • @mypathunfolding
    @mypathunfolding 15 днів тому +44

    If you told me in my 20s that I'd be sooooo excited to watch a 45-minute video on sunscreen science in my 40s, I absolutely wouldn't believe you. But here we are! Love the debunking so we can all take it to people in our lives who repeat things like this that they've heard and continue to share solid information with people we care about. Thank you, Michelle!

    • @Leilalareina
      @Leilalareina 14 днів тому +3

      I’m 19 and I love watching her videos😂 I’ve been wearing sunscreen on and off since 16 as recommended by a doctor following an epiduo prescription for acne, and consistently since 17years old.
      It’s crazy to see that people “don’t believe” in sunscreen… I try to get everyone my age to wear it!

    • @mypathunfolding
      @mypathunfolding 9 днів тому

      @@LeilalareinaGood for you! It will help so much, and I hope your friends listen to you…then they’ll thank you later!

    • @Nopenopenope6969
      @Nopenopenope6969 День тому

      ​@@Leilalareina Wear it every day! Skin damage is cumulative and builds over your lifetime. Plus you will look younger than everyone who doesn't wear it.

  • @skleroosis
    @skleroosis 15 днів тому +158

    All the conspiritualists being so scared of linoleic acid, meanwhile I eat it as a supplement for my PMS.

    • @wplants9793
      @wplants9793 15 днів тому +12

      I used to take an omega blend with evening primrose oil in it, it helped my KP!

    • @JBUHJBUH
      @JBUHJBUH 15 днів тому +11

      Inositol was a literal lifesaver for my previously debilitating periods - just sharing in case anyone else is reading this & hasn't heard of it. You can find it in stuff like wheatgerm but taking a pill has helped me so much (along with maintaining my vitamin D and iron levels).

    • @nollypolly
      @nollypolly 15 днів тому +19

      I take it for MS. It's been 30 years now and, not only do I have no Iil effects from it, my MS has not progressed WHATSOEVER. I am 51, fully ambulatory and haven't had a relapse in over 2 decades.
      I hate these people.

    • @gracequalls9770
      @gracequalls9770 14 днів тому +3

      This comment is metal af

  • @notinterested7911
    @notinterested7911 15 днів тому +5

    Girl, I've watched your channel for some years now. And you are still CRIMINALLY UNDERRATED!!! The amount of Skincare Knowledge and Scientific research you bring to your videos is astounding. Just watching the part about Huberman and the people telling you that you don't do enough research which is so ironic. Your work is great and I didn't even know you wrote a book, so already on my way to order it!

  • @pattycarljackson
    @pattycarljackson 5 днів тому +2

    You and Dr Dray calling this crap out, I hate when people make crap up just because. I need to buy your book ASAP.

  • @PurelyCoincidental
    @PurelyCoincidental 15 днів тому +44

    I did find one valuable thing about homemade sunblock. WAIT, DON'T RUN.
    I live in Seattle, where the sun is weak for most of the year. Several years back, I decided to add some zinc oxide to my everyday lotion, just so I had some basic protection on my arms/neck/shoulders while walking to work. (I wear real sunblock when I'm out for long, don't worry.)
    And...my skin was really happy about it. Surprising happy.
    Turns out I have a zinc deficiency. (I take it as a supplement now.)

    • @No-ky3kb
      @No-ky3kb 2 дні тому +1

      Happy how?

    • @PurelyCoincidental
      @PurelyCoincidental 2 дні тому +1

      @@No-ky3kb Mostly I remember that insect bites and acne healed really slowly, and I was prone to some sort of mild eczema or keratosis pilaris. Taking zinc isn't a miracle cure for all of that, but I have experienced a noticeable improvement.

  • @coffee_2234
    @coffee_2234 15 днів тому +89

    Thank you ma'am for stoping misinformation from spreading by spiting nothing but facts on how things work

    • @LabMuffinBeautyScience
      @LabMuffinBeautyScience  15 днів тому +9

      My pleasure! The annoyance fuels me 😂

    • @MartinzW
      @MartinzW 15 днів тому

      @@LabMuffinBeautyScience That same annoyance you have to be patient with (out of respect) when hearing your loved one watch fear-driven claims, and instead have to trust their ability to assess the information. 😄 I am glad you are using that energy to create these informative videos that our friends may find and make the better decision.

  • @sevenoctobers7471
    @sevenoctobers7471 15 днів тому +4

    Thank you for highlighting that even doctors and dermatologists can get it wrong. They could benefit mightily from reading your book!!

  • @stephno5640
    @stephno5640 15 днів тому +10

    Thank you for this video! The atlantic just published an article (june 2024 issue) titled "against sunscreen absolutism". They say that Australia is backtracking its sunscreen recommendations because of scientific studies that claim that vitamin d supplementation is not as beneficial as """"real""" vitamin d produced through sun exposure. They say that their opinion is the more science based one etc. and is more complicated to debunk because of the style of the article (they mention studies but do not cite theme etc.). I would love for you to debunk/discuss it and assess if their argument is valid or if they are just cherry picking.

    • @LabMuffinBeautyScience
      @LabMuffinBeautyScience  15 днів тому +7

      The Australian guidelines haven't actually been backtracked, it's just been clarified for darker skin types - I've talked about the older guidelines (mostly for light skin) here: ua-cam.com/video/CAqRMr47KWk/v-deo.html
      I was thinking about doing an update on the new guidelines because they're quite complex, but the to-do list is very long!

    • @stephno5640
      @stephno5640 14 днів тому +2

      ​ @LabMuffinBeautyScience Thank you for taking the time to answer! Yes, the rationale behind the new guidelines seems quite complex and that's why I find it concerning that the atlantic mixes them with claims about MS and how efficient vitamin d supplements are.
      Anyway, I'm looking forward to any new content you post, be it on the new guidelines or not! (I watch on nebula, I was very happy to see your videos there!)

  • @user-qq2sl8tj8r
    @user-qq2sl8tj8r 15 днів тому +88

    Thank you for this video. The misinformation I have seen about sunscreen and summer skincare is rampant and dangerous.

    • @coffee_2234
      @coffee_2234 15 днів тому +5

      Agree all of this misinformation make my brain hurt and im tired of all of this misinformation being spread especially if it perpetuating by someone who isn't educated of how things works

  • @kitt3526
    @kitt3526 15 днів тому +36

    Omg reef safe sunscreen being a myth is crazy! Thanks for debunking lol

    • @wingedyera
      @wingedyera 15 днів тому +11

      I drove myself mad trying to find reefsafe sunscreen that I liked and would wear... (I got an insane allergic reaction to one of the mineral ones that supposedly was great for sensitive skin)
      I just wanna do the right thing and help preserve nature so its kind of a bummer that it doesn't really make a difference

  • @CarNumber9
    @CarNumber9 12 днів тому +3

    Every time I watch one of your videos, I'm flabbergasted that you don't have a million followers yet. Thank you for such an in-depth breakdown!

  • @VisiblyJacked
    @VisiblyJacked 3 дні тому +1

    I went to the blog you linked in the description as debunking the "seed oils are bad" position. It didn't check out. The major meta-analysis cited by that blog flat out concluded that there was no all-cause mortality benefit to replacing saturated fat with other dietary elements.

  • @hippowannabe1890
    @hippowannabe1890 15 днів тому +32

    I am definitely going to describe apoptosis as cellular seppuku in my next biology test!

    • @LabMuffinBeautyScience
      @LabMuffinBeautyScience  15 днів тому +16

      I bear no responsibility for your exam decisions 😅

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 День тому

      When an immune cell orders it I sorta imagine it like a prison guard handing an inmate a gun and giving a nod to them so they know what to do.

  • @BreakofDawn
    @BreakofDawn 15 днів тому +40

    I used to avoid wearing sunscreen because of all these myths or “reasons to not wear sunscreen,” until I got a questionable mole removed. After that, I decided that even if all these things about sunscreen were true, I would hate getting melanoma even more. It’s crazy to me that there are actually people like Huberman, who weigh their fear of sunscreen at the same level as skin cancer. It’s unfortunate that misinformation about sunscreen is so prevalent and in turn, that’s causing people to either use sunscreen incorrectly or avoid it altogether.

  • @sunblade704
    @sunblade704 15 днів тому +4

    I'm going to start an apprenticeship as a Gardener in September and I'm really glad you uploaded this! I'm not prone to conspiracy thinking about sunscreen (of all things) but as someone who is from Western Europe and usually spends a lot of time indoors, I definitely don't wear enough sunscreen. Luckily my (soon to be) place of work is really rigorous with applying sunscreen, drinking water and wearing hats

  • @kyliessave8454
    @kyliessave8454 15 днів тому +44

    "they don't look like they're into skincare" that was such a nasty read, Michelle I'm laughing my a off 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

  • @erome3619
    @erome3619 15 днів тому +96

    Paul Saladino looks like he has skin of 60 year old
    Damaged, dry and leather like.

    • @LabMuffinBeautyScience
      @LabMuffinBeautyScience  15 днів тому +38

      I don't think it's just overexposure to the sun, but his appearance has changed drastically over the last few years. I believe he had health problems that triggered his switch from carnivore to "animal-based"...

  • @ce2araybara226
    @ce2araybara226 15 днів тому +14

    Huberman has been getting exposed by a bunch of experts in different fields lol

  • @rutabaston6932
    @rutabaston6932 15 днів тому +3

    I love how you debunk these influencer's claims with such elegance and without shaming, but some of these if not all of them need to be proper shamed for what they are doing. also I love the Brandolini in the back :)

  • @drnik67
    @drnik67 15 днів тому +56

    I got confused by sunscreen season, then I realised a lot of your audience is in the US. Of course for us Down Under every season (not that we have seasons in Brisvegas other than "Hot and Wet" and "Warm and Dry") is sunscreen season. 😁

    • @LabMuffinBeautyScience
      @LabMuffinBeautyScience  15 днів тому +36

      It's super weird - I'm digging out my electric blanket while people are asking me about sunscreen for swimming!

    • @AM-tl1xi
      @AM-tl1xi 15 днів тому +3

      @@LabMuffinBeautyScience I’ve always avoided electric blankets due to my mom’s confirmation biases (or maybe they were more unsafe like 15+ years ago). She’s a nurse and saw enough people with burns from it catching on fire that she was like NO ELECTRIC BLANKETS. She did offer to get me one last Christmas so yay change.

    • @LabMuffinBeautyScience
      @LabMuffinBeautyScience  15 днів тому +8

      My parents are convinced they cause leukemia... I turn it off before I get into bed, not so much because of the risk, but because I'll never hear the end of it if I get leukemia!

    • @AM-tl1xi
      @AM-tl1xi 14 днів тому

      @@LabMuffinBeautyScience That is a very odd concern! But it’s too relatable to do things even as adults to not hear the parental “told you so”.

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 День тому

      @@AM-tl1xi It is totally possible to engineer an electric blanket that can't catch on fire, as long as the consumer doesn't do something stupid. Though I'd be more concerned about electricity bills compared to just using a thicker blanket.

  • @missknight9
    @missknight9 15 днів тому +21

    Andrew Huberman is the modern day Dr Oz

  • @c12486
    @c12486 13 днів тому +3

    Can I just say the way you break things down and make arguments is so helpful and has helped the way I respond to ocd anxieties. Listening to your process over and over again is a great influence even though I’ve known the specific information for a couple years and am not too invested in that part.

  • @iluvmugglenet2564
    @iluvmugglenet2564 15 днів тому +2

    So grateful to have this on my feed! The world of TikTok advice is crazy 😧 good to see some efforts to mitigate the harm being done❤

  • @denisenj7648
    @denisenj7648 15 днів тому +40

    It's funny that chemical sunscreens are called "organic." Lol. That must drive these folks nuts. 😅

  • @LaLaBlahBlahh
    @LaLaBlahBlahh 15 днів тому +25

    Just wanted to say a massive thank you for recommending the neutrogena zinc stick for sting prone eyes. I’m 29 and finally have found something that works on my eyelids and under eye areas without issue! Only wish I found it sooner but now use it religiously. Thank you so much!

  • @Kevin24.
    @Kevin24. 7 днів тому +2

    THANK GOD for this channel🙏. In the age of social media, misinformation is just everywhere. SUBSCRIBED.

  • @AnArtistsMakeup
    @AnArtistsMakeup 15 днів тому +3

    As someone with a degree in biochemistry from 15 years ago who doesn’t use it in her current work, I loved the chemistry lesson and completely understood the diagrams in science! Thanks for the “throwback” for me 😂

  • @fardareismai5038
    @fardareismai5038 15 днів тому +19

    Your analogy about avoiding refrigerators because you don't like dial-up internet is making me periodically chuckle to myself, seemingly out of nowhere, like a crazy person. Thanks for that 😂

  • @amandarecoveryjones8216
    @amandarecoveryjones8216 15 днів тому +57

    I watched Dr. Huberman once and never again. Some people just cant see certain things.

    • @7ShadowMaiden7
      @7ShadowMaiden7 15 днів тому +3

      Because he’s wrong about this one thing he’s wrong about everything? He’s a very smart man who surrounds himself with other smart people and FREELY gives out information. You seem closed minded

    • @nevin8604
      @nevin8604 15 днів тому +3

      There's no one on the internet that has podcasts about health and science as much as he does. Like him or not, he has helped a lot of people.

    • @jtsroll
      @jtsroll 15 днів тому +42

      ​@@7ShadowMaiden7he's incorrect about many things plus his credentials ≠ he knows every field. he should stick to his field of studies or actually invite a guest who's actually KNOWLEDGEABLE not some anti-science misinformation paddlers. he's been called out multiple times now but he refuses to acknowledge it and it doesn't help that most people are gullible, they see stanford, they believe it.

    • @wplants9793
      @wplants9793 15 днів тому +21

      Creeps me out that he’s a womanizer. It’s apparently consensual and with adults but I still feel that as a profession it can (not always) be fishy when someone with authority has a bunch of side chick. Mostly because I knew a teacher who did that and it was a weird power dynamic to be around

    • @catc8927
      @catc8927 15 днів тому

      @@7ShadowMaiden7Huberman is barely present at Stanford nowadays. According to the NY Mag article about him, in 2020, he moved to the wrong end of California (LA, not Bay Area, 350 miles away).
      His lab is basically defunct. Their Stanford Medicine webpage doesn’t list any current or past graduate students, post docs, current grants, conference presentations, paper awards, recent publications, or anything else (group ski trip photos, graduation photos) that a working research lab group usually has.
      I’ve seen emeritus faculty with more fleshed-out group websites than this. In a publish-or-perish industry like academia, having a blank website is a death sentence, so this is quite unusual.
      Judging by this lack of activity, Huberman is now a full-time celebrity and podcaster, far removed from his original research field on optical neurons.

  • @pheebmcgeeb
    @pheebmcgeeb 9 днів тому +1

    I’m an Aussie doctor working in skin cancer. I love, love, love this. Your explanation of the cellular mechanism for sunburn was more detailed than any lecture I’ve ever seen. I will definitely be recommending this video to my patients!

  • @d0h4
    @d0h4 13 днів тому +1

    Glad we have you, Michelle. Thank you.

  • @ellamay7083
    @ellamay7083 15 днів тому +17

    I’ve said it before but even if the “evidence”is somehow all type 2 errors, I’d still risk whatever they’re claiming over skin cancer

  • @xdarkeagle17x
    @xdarkeagle17x 15 днів тому +47

    The "SPF measures the time it takes to sunburn" reminds me of how every few years a post will go viral saying the same thing about toaster settings 😅

    • @hedgehog3180
      @hedgehog3180 День тому

      Tbf no one knows what the knobs on them do.

  • @LostAndFound96
    @LostAndFound96 15 днів тому +2

    Just pre-ordered your book! Thanks for trying to stop misinformation!

  • @rushMM
    @rushMM 2 дні тому +1

    I can't believe your videos are free! This is fantastic information. Thanks for all your research and debunking these myths! 🙌🏻 There is too much misinformation and poor assumptions floating around.

  • @elainehardman1683
    @elainehardman1683 15 днів тому +20

    Did no one tell those stupid scientists that instead of spending years perfecting and testing highly functioning sunscreens in scientifically equipped labs, all they really needed was a pan, some beeswax and a handwhisk!? Simples. 😅
    Michelle, you are truly fantastic and a master of your subject. And I think I might just have fallen in love with one guy called Mo. 👏 😍

  • @sunfvalley
    @sunfvalley 15 днів тому +105

    can't wait to see them turn into roasted pig while trying out their diy 'animal based' sunscreen during this heat wave 🤩

    • @sunfvalley
      @sunfvalley 15 днів тому +18

      i rlly dont get how they are that pale and want to play around with sunscreen lmao. i have tan skin, and getting burned once was enough to traumatize me to take sunscreen seriously

    • @xyz-jv9df
      @xyz-jv9df 15 днів тому +6

      ​@@sunfvalleymaybe bcuz they don't actually use d sunscreen. If they only use it for d video, that wud explain d paleness

    • @sunfvalley
      @sunfvalley 15 днів тому +1

      @@xyz-jv9df seems like it, probably live in europe where it's just not that sunny compared to other regions. they need to be humbled

    • @CharlesTRose
      @CharlesTRose 15 днів тому

      it hasnt happened to me in 50 years 🤣

    • @saaya8964
      @saaya8964 14 днів тому +1

      @@sunfvalley i guess we just don't really have that much of a sunscreen culture in europe (yet. i think in gen z we are changing that). Aside from going to the beach/pool, the only time i can think of that applying sunscreen is seen as obligatory, kind of, is for mountain sports like hiking, rock climbing or skiing. But I absolutely have seen my white friends get burned from ~15 minutes of sun exposure lol

  • @zrinka1972
    @zrinka1972 15 днів тому +1

    I could listen your debunking videos about sun protection every day! Thank you, you make my life so much easier.

  • @jenxsj3902
    @jenxsj3902 8 днів тому +1

    I had similar sunscreen conversations with friends and work colleagues and I cannot for the love of god understand their resistance to the idea that sunscreens work and are safe. They think I am crazy or “too extreme” because I apply sunscreen twice a day daily.