Scientist Reacts: Sunscreen is a LIE?! (Style Theory)

They should make "all natural" sunscreen out of ASBESTOS! It's natural and easy to pronounce, so it must be good!

“Tanning is skin cells in trauma” omg you just unlocked a memory for me 😂

I think what hinders the Theory crew is that they have to straddle the line with entertaining the masses and inserting the necessary science. A lot of the time when watering down the science you end up truncating a proper explanation for this “keeping view retention” because ultimately the Theory audience might only be there for the wacky stuff. This is why there are channels like this who are known for an CAN go in depth into the science.

I think its crazy how there is still a debate about sunscreen being more toxic that LITERAL BURNS FROM RADIATION. As a very pale person ( skin colour: milk ), i cant count how often my ears and nose have gotten blisters because I forgot sunscreen and I could pull the skin off days later ( my nose is now very sensitive to cold and is just one big scar ). I get burns after being out for 20min, my grandpa died of skin cancer in his 60s because he didnt use sunscreen. It just makes me so mad how misinformation gets spread just because most people dont suffer consequences right away.

I am 79. Just left the derm and had a biopsy of upper lip. Wear your sunscreen folks! 😮

I still find it weird to see someone talking about using these tanning beds. Here in Brazil they have been banned since 2009, as there is no way of determining a safe level of exposure to UV rays, which can cause skin cancer.

Girls in my middle school (2002-2006) would go to the tanning salon after school and put a small heart sticker on their hip that would stay pale. I was confounded at how their parents allowed their children to bake in an oven, I couldn’t believe they could be that ignorant. We were 12-14 year olds!

Michelle, I am by your side as a sunscreen warrior. I have used sunscreen for the past 30 years and i am so happy with my skin. I love it. It does work and i am healthy. ❤

I really hope Mat sees this. I don't know that he has much time these days to look at stuff outside of FNAF, but if he did a follow up that'd be really great.

The bit about UV damaging folate and evolution is really neat. Folate is important for women to take a prenatal vitamin because it prevents neural tube defects. Women’s bodies that were better at holding onto folate would definitely have a reproductive advantage

Sunscreen "counts as personal protective equipment for people working in the sun" blew my mind. I work on a farm and never considered sunscreen in that light. I've been trying to do better the past few years, but I still struggle with reapplication when I'm sweaty, dirty, and needing to sit and eat during our lunch break :/

I only wish I had known. I’m over 70.. fair and I tanned (and burned) as a child living in Hawaii. Fast forward..just finished my 3rd skin cancer surgery where slices were taken off the tip of my nose followed by plastic reconstructive surgery. The pain of 9 shots in your nose.. well I think you get the picture. Anyone who takes chances is insane. I had squamous cell, which can spread..so I’m lucky I got it when I did. People say they don’t want cancer BUT!…. But what??? The RIDICULOUS “dangers” of sunscreen? Our sunscreens in this country are woefully lacking the brilliance of other countries. I’d pack my suitcase full if I was traveling! Keep pounding the drum, Michelle—Only problem is you are smart. People only seem to want to listen to some yahoo like mayo man. Love your channel.

I'm a redhead, 42 and I wear sunscreen everyday, even in winter. (I really like the natio for the face for under make up, but I don't have any knowledge about the white cast issue with my skin tone, so no idea if it has that problem). My Dad has a giant skin graft on his forehead from skincancer treatment and I don't want it to be me. I remember all the sunsmart campaigns in Australia from the 80's and 90's and I think we need another round. Sun protection is sooo critical and it makes me sad to see people undermining such good education. I also can't recommend enough something called a 'stinger suit'. It's basically a wetsuit shaped garment made of uv 50 rated lycra and covers everything except your face, hands and feet, but it's not thick like a wetsuit. Best thing for comfortable swimming sun protection and also projects against blue bottle stings.

I always feel about 2 notches smarter after these type of videos haha. Love sunscreen scienceeee

9:24 as a taxonomist I love this inter-disciplinary beef, rise up taxonomists against Lab Muffin Beauty Science for the superiority of OUR naming systems!!!

“You can’t pronounce these chemicals; therefore they’re scary.” “That’s a YOU problem.” 😂🤔🤣 I 💗 story time with Michelle! I think it’s funny that Green Tea is “Camellia Sinensis” & Chamomile is “Matricaria Chamomilla”. Easy to get that Latin twisted. ✨ Thank you for raising awareness and helping us understand some of the many details of sunscreen & skin protection. ✨

I was born in the late 60s and even in the 80s there was nothing or no one who educated us here in the states on spf. The tanning beds came in the 80s and we were all baking in them and also laying out in the sun with babyoil and iodine mixture. I work in beauty and cringe when I see my customers (mostly older ones) that are still tanning in the sun and/or not wearing sunscreen. Again, you have to understand that here in the states we had no one telling us older generations to use sunscreen as we really had none anyway. I baked my skin until I was about 41 and now am so diligent about sunscreen everyday. Even if theres a blizzard outside and Im not leaving my house Im slathering it on.

Thank you for mentioning zinc oxide as an aquatic pollutant! Zinc is a heavy metal and at high enough concentrations is toxic to phytoplankton. Phytoplankton are so vital to our oceans and our atmosphere! Not that sunscreen use is a major contributor of zinc pollution compared to like, car emissioms and coal power plants. But people's biases also lead to fear of environmental contaminants they can't pronounce regardless of what is of actual concern. It's not that different from clean beauty actually.

Yeah that style theory video isn't the worst compared to other content out there but... still spreading some myths, oversimplified science and I fear for his skin after that bed tanning. At least he advised people to wear sunscreen and other forms of sun protection 😅

I generally enjoy the theory channels. When I saw their sunscreen video, I did spot some of the issues you mentioned. But I was happy to see that the general conclusion was “wear sunscreen and sun-protective gear like hats”. Sometimes they do videos, answering or correcting previous videos. So maybe they’ll do a video about this and correct some of the issues you pointed out.