{"id":49529,"date":"2017-07-11T15:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-11T07:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pamper.my\/news\/?p=49529"},"modified":"2017-07-13T23:46:19","modified_gmt":"2017-07-13T15:46:19","slug":"sunscreens-go-bad-heres-need-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pamper.my\/news\/beauty\/skin-care\/sunscreens-go-bad-heres-need-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Sunscreens Go Bad? Here’s What You Need To Know"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here in Pamper we really can\u2019t stress out how important it is to apply sunscreen. It helps protect our skin against UVA and UVB rays, the two rays that damage our skin prematurely. But if you have ever slathered yourself in SPF 50 only to find your skin turn red and burned to a crisp, this could be a sign that your sunscreen is no longer fit for use.<\/p>\n

Just like any other beauty products, skincare products do go bad, same goes to your sunscreen.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost sunscreens do expire and because of this a lot should come with an expiry date stamped on the box,”Dr Mervyn Patterson from Woodford Medical explain to\u00a0Cosmopolitan<\/a>. “It is very important not to ignore this as the chemicals do degrade and may well lose their protective effect.”<\/p>\n

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What if you\u2019ve toss away the box that is stamped with an expiration date? As a rule of thumb Dr Patterson says most sun tan lotions will last for ‘at least a year of use’.<\/p>\n

Below is a list of tell-tale signs that it\u2019s time to consider stop using the sunscreen.<\/p>\n