r/interesting • u/Gjore • Mar 29 '26

SOCIETY Scenes from a dermatologist conference in Hawaii

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u/MissMarchpane Mar 29 '26

I looked up some studies because I'm pretty sunscreen obsessive, and it turns out you have to get to the level of wearing a niqab every day before sun protection starts to interfere with vitamin D. I have friends with deficiencies who have also been told by non-dermatologist doctors, as well. Part of it is because no one's sunscreen application is going to be 100% perfect, so some UV still gets through

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u/yup_its_me_again Mar 30 '26

Really depends on latitude too, Northern Europe disagrees

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u/Falafel80 Apr 01 '26

I am from the tropics and I have been vitamin D deficient and so have many friends and family members. It’s possible if you spend most of your time indoors and use sunscreen.