This summer, several countries in Europe have been affected by heat waves. Popular travel destinations such as France and Spain have experienced major forest fires, and Italy had to declare a state of emergency due to the heat.
– Gets the truth in the middle of the mess
Despite the extreme heat, several people have gone south on summer holidays, especially as this summer is more or less normal after two years of the pandemic.
With such temperatures, it is especially important to remember sunscreen, and many may resort to a half-used tube of sunscreen that has been lying in the drawer since the last holiday.
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What some people may not realize is that expired sunscreen doesn’t protect you as well.
It got artist Astrid Smeplass (25)better known as Astrid S, experience on holiday to Italy.
Experienced holiday nightmare
The artist has shared a photo carousel on Instagram with several photos from the holiday trip. The last picture shows a clearly sunburned Smeplass.
“First southern holiday since I was 15! What I’ve learned so far: Sunscreen has an expiration date,” she writes in the caption.
People in the comment section note that the sunburn looks bad, and several give the artist their tips and tricks on how to treat the burnt skin.
– Should take my shirt off more often
“Ouch, but I have typical Norwegian skin, so sun factor 50 was not good enough for me on Rhodes. The shoulders still don’t look good, six years later,” someone commented, to which Smeplass replied:
“WHAT! Ugh. I’ll be careful!”
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Storage affects the effect
Professor at the Department of Pharmacy at UiT, Gøril Eide Flaten, tells Your side that most sunscreens have a shelf life of twelve months after they have been opened.
Warns against life-threatening trend: – Scary
After a sunscreen has expired, the sun filter, which protects us from the sun, will not work as effectively. The flat also states that storage of the cream plays a role in how effective it is.
– If the sunscreen was both lying in the sunbed on the beach, and was also part of the cold on the Easter trip, it can go bad faster than if it was stored in a dark place at room temperature, Flaten tells DinSide.
Clear signs that a sunscreen has become too old to use are a strange smell and a change in consistency.
