Application habits and practices of regular sunscreen users in the United States: Results of an online survey.

Autor: Norman KG; Personal Care Products Council, 1620 L Street, NW, Suite 1200, Washington, DC, 20036, USA. Electronic address: NormanK@personalcarecouncil.org., Loretz L; Personal Care Products Council, 1620 L Street, NW, Suite 1200, Washington, DC, 20036, USA., Kowcz A; Personal Care Products Council, 1620 L Street, NW, Suite 1200, Washington, DC, 20036, USA., Kaufman LE; Scripterra Scientific LLC, 123 Park Avenue, Wooster, OH, 44691, USA., Ruvolo E; Beiersdorf, Inc., 301 Tresser Blvd, Stamford, CT, 06901, USA., Traudt M; Revlon, Inc., 2121 State Route 27, Edison, NJ, 008817, USA., Santos I; L'Oréal USA, Inc., 30 Terminal Ave, Clark, NJ, 07066, USA., RoseMansfield R; Procter & Gamble Company, 8700 Mason-Montgomery Rd, Mason, OH, 45040, USA., Nash JF; Procter & Gamble Company, 8700 Mason-Montgomery Rd, Mason, OH, 45040, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Food and chemical toxicology : an international journal published for the British Industrial Biological Research Association [Food Chem Toxicol] 2023 Nov; Vol. 181, pp. 114093. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 07.
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2023.114093
Abstrakt: A nationwide online survey assessed claimed usage of sunscreen products in 2283 self-identified regular sun protection factor (SPF) consumers (RSPFC) in the United States. Subjects applied sunscreen most frequently when spending more than 3 h in the sun. Sunscreen usage peaks during the summer, with sunny weather prompting 99% usage of beach/recreational SPF products but drops to approximately 50% and 30% on partly cloudy and cloudy days, respectively, regardless of SPF product category. About half of RSPFC augment sunscreen product usage by limiting time in the sun and wearing a hat. SPF products are not reapplied by approximately 20-60% of RSPFC, depending upon product category, and reapplication was less than 33% on cloudy and partly cloudy days. Primary reasons for reapplication were water exposure, number of hours in the sun, and being active/sweating, most notably for beach/recreational SPF products. Importantly, in children, 45% of parents reported "redness" as a signal for reapplying sunscreen product. Only 10% of respondents correctly identified sunscreen products as drugs. Based on these results, while sunscreens may share common ingredients and efficacy measures, their usage by consumers varies widely depending on product type, season, weather, gender, age, and geographical location.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
(Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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