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What’s the difference between mineral and chemical sunscreen?: mineral and chemical. What makes them different from each other all comes down to the way they block UV rays. “The key difference is referring to the active ingredient that’s actually screening the sun,” Dr. Potozkin tells SELF. “Mineral sunscreens typically have eitheras the two key ingredients. So with the mineral SPF, the sunscreen actually sits on the skin’s surface and reflects the the light hitting the skin.
“Chemical sunscreens are the ones that have more difficult-to-pronounce ingredients, like avobenzone and octinoxate,” Dr. Kim says. “They absorb the heat from the UV and dissipate it. So the chemical filters don’t physically block the UV from penetrating the skin, but rather absorb the damage caused by the UV.” And if you read the