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This is pretty popular with surfers in Central America. Zinc Oxide cream, like what you use for a baby's diaper rash, is WAY cheaper than sunscreen (Priced high
by jamal-kumar 4y ago
This is pretty popular with surfers in Central America. Zinc Oxide cream, like what you use for a baby's diaper rash, is WAY cheaper than sunscreen (Priced high for the tourists), and it's pretty much available at any pañalera (diaper store, if you can believe it, more like what you'd call a 'dollar store' up north with the other things they sell anyways - many small towns have one). It just makes you look like a ghost for the first hour or two and gets on any fabric clothing in a way that's hard to wash out.
The other thing that we do is just make sure we get to the beach at ridiculously early hours like 4-5am even before the sun comes up to go surfing so we don't burn ourselves to shit as well as to avoid tourists.
- metadat 4y agoSurfing in the dark at 4am? Is this safe? In Hawaii I know there are a lot of sea urchins and sharp lava, so visibility is a good thing for safety.
- jamal-kumar 4y agoAlot closer to the equator it's different for sure. The sun is fully up at about 6 tops every morning with more consistency and less variation.
- copperx 4y ago> Zinc Oxide cream I've wondered about creating my own sunscreen that way, but the internet discouraged me. From what I've read, Zinc Oxide for babies isn't a nanoparticle, it doesn't block the sun efficiently. I haven't had the chance to research it further.
- jamal-kumar 4y agoI'm probably not as white as you, and we're all acclimatized to the sun out here enough to know when to avoid it and when to enjoy it - Hard to speak for your skin profile or nanoparticles or whatever but all I know is that what you're talking about is a huge factor in messing the reefs up around here. A huge factor is timing. We call white people who get burned going out at peak sun hours 'camarones' - shrimp, because they go from white to red. Funny. Doesn't matter what your skin is, though, when the sun is literally right above you at noon, get under shade or inside and eat your lunch.
- 2-718-281-828 4y agoI'm surprised that's what you got from the internet. My internet first and formost warns about nanoparticles in sunscreen.
- kornhole 4y agoYes it stays atop the skin and reflects rather than absorbing into your skin and bloodstream. It is best for the beach in your non-fancy bikini. Removing it from the skin is done by wiping with a towel rather than soap and water.