Damn. Sunburn.

[goddessfarmer]

I put on SPF45 no-ad before I got on the tractor. in 2.25 hrs the previously white legs were like a lobster. WTF? The places already brown are fine.

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[quietann.livejournal.com]

Ow, very sorry to hear that! It sounds like the No-ad doesn't stand up to sweat... very few sunscreens really do.

Aloe aloe aloe, but you know that already :)

Of course, I burned on my arms on Monday just by working in the garden for 30 minutes.

Oh! That Really Burns!

[dhs.livejournal.com]

Perhaps your SPF45 was old?

[marmota.livejournal.com]

I picked up a driver's upper-left-arm sunburn last week, which surprised me. Maybe more UV is getting through.

[deguspice.livejournal.com]

Doing a little bit of reading on the topic, it looks like you need to make sure that the sunscreen will protect against both UV-A and UV-B.

[kissoflife.livejournal.com]

The No-AD ones I saw online all covered both UV-A and UV-B, though. Wonder if the critical ingredients sweat off differently for UV-A and UV-B...

[tamidon.livejournal.com]

age is a biggy,and sweatproof. I'm using the spray from Neutragena that I got from Costco. Doesn't stink,make me itchy from being too heavy,leave blank spots or stuf like that

[intuition-ist.livejournal.com]

SPF is a measure of how much longer *you* can stay in the sun without roasting, not an absolute number. because of the time of year i would say 11am-2pm means "halve the SPF, then do the calculation of how long you can stay out.

Might just be that that brand is lame and/or overstating its benefits, as well.

[http://users.livejournal.com/cgull_/]

Different position, different sun exposure?

i.e. if you've gotten all your sun so far from, say, horse riding, doing something else lets sun get at new places. *that's* a big part of how I got burnt on my beach trip.

Also, is the tractor perhaps nice and bright and shiny in the UV wavelengths?