• Droggelbecher@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I’ve been wondering why so much sunscreen has alcohol, exactly because of what you explained. Do you happen to know?

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      2 days ago

      I don’t understand the connection? I don’t think sunscreen contains oil?

      UV protection is based on a mineral or chemical filtration aaaaaaaand I looked it up oil does not provide UV prot

    • atomicbocks@sh.itjust.works
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      2 days ago

      Not OP but just to hazard a guess:

      Alcohol evaporates quickly. It’s probably there for the same reason it’s used in dry shampoos and antiperspirants; to make something that sprays but drys into a power or thickens to a gel in a very short period of time.