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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
Health
Madeleine Aggeler

Help, my sunscreen stings! What should I do?

A little girl grimaces as a parent applies sunscreen to her face with a spray bottle
‘Not all sunscreens are formulated the same,’ Dr Sungat Grewal said. ‘Two products with the same SPF can feel very different on the skin.’ Photograph: Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images

No good deed goes unpunished, as they say. For instance, when you responsibly apply sunscreen to your exposed skin, it sometimes stings.

“Complaints of sunscreen stinging are not uncommon,” says Dr Aditi Senthilnathan, board certified dermatologist at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine. “We also hear about sunscreen causing burning or stinging around the eyes after sweating.”

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