Toxic sunscreen

There's been a lot of talk about how good the sun is and how bad sunscreen is for you for a while now. And maybe for a while last year I fell into that trap too. Not that I overexposed myself to the sun, I couldn't, I'm not that crazy, but I didn't avoid/run away from the sun that much, "like a devil from incense", as they say.
There was a time in the summer when I went outside, in the great heat, to hang out the laundry, and I deliberately left some parts of my body, like my legs, arms, maybe a little bit of my face too, I don't remember, to be exposed to the sun for a few minutes. Then, as part of the research into my condition, a Vitamin D test was ordered and it turned out that my level was extremely low, despite being exposed to the sun. 😅 But that's another topic for another post, probably part of some other lie.

Then, when I was reading about one of the diseases that was suspected, many women had written that this disease had been triggered in them while they were lying on the beach, exposed to the sun. Just like that, as they were lying down. A very severe autoimmune disease that damages many organs, and the life expectancy with it is only a few years.
So no, my dear lying manipulators who play so irresponsibly with human lives, the sun is not so good for health, it could even be very dangerous.

But what I really want to say is something else. Sunscreens.

When I was little and spent my summers in the countryside, by the river, I never used sunscreen. Mostly because there were no such things on the market back then, they were not known to most people, they had a very low protection factor, and generally, we were not aware of the need to use them.

Every summer I got a very dark tan, even though I have extremely fair skin. And I don't remember ever getting burned. Except maybe when we went to the seaside, which was rare because it was expensive. The sun is very strong there, but I remember how we would rather apply some kind of ointment after we were already burnt than before. 😅 Well, don't ask me more, my whole life in those very poor times was quite strange...

A few years later, actually, maybe 20 years ago, when I first went to a dermatologist, he told me - outside, only with factor 50, even in the winter, even when it's cloudy in the winter.
Later, the instructions were to apply sunscreen even at home, just because of the radiation from the computer screen, or the UV rays that could penetrate through the window.
Whereas this winter, when I went to a dermatologist again for all that, you know, the instructions were completely different: it's winter, you don't need to put on any sunscreen.

Well, dermatologists in Bulgaria won't say that sunscreen is poisonous to the body, that it seeps into the bloodstream and poisons you. They just... won't say it. Just like they don't want to give any other useful advice about anything. I don't know what causes this, but I personally have the following experience: you go to a dermatologist, you see their beautiful skin, there is no more beautiful skin than the skin of a dermatologist who knows best how to take care of it. And the dermatologist will usually tell you - why you look like that, what you put on your skin, or even - how you could have gotten to this state, why you didn't take care of your skin properly, etc. Even if you've put in a lot of effort for that skin, they'll tell you that. But at the same time, they'll never tell you what the right way to take care of that particular skin is. 😃 It's very funny and it always happens. Because, you know, if you know how to take care of your skin, you won't have to go to a dermatologist, right? You won't have to go to botox and hyaluron procedures. And that's what Bulgarian doctors are most afraid of. That if they give away their secrets, you won't need them anymore. And who will pay them then?

So, she didn't tell me that sunscreen was poisonous. She just told me not to use it. Maybe because she had some kind of conscience after all.

But let me get back to the main topic, and this is a very long topic, as it currently turns out, I won't be able to finish it in this post.

In the past, hospitals had large terraces on the roofs where they would take out and leave sick people, for example, with tuberculosis, in the sun. That's how they treated, or rather helped treat people with tuberculosis.

Then suddenly the policy of instilling fear of the sun begins, those frivolous people say: people, start exposing yourself to the sun again. There is no global warming. Oh, yes, there is no global warming. But did you know that the Earth's axis of rotation is shifted, and that's why there is climate change. No, they say that because of climate change the axis is shifting, but logically it seems to be the opposite, haha. Anyway, the fact is that there are changes. I just feel it in myself, in my body, I don't need anyone to tell me that there is climate change, I'm not saying there is global warming. But if many years ago I could expose myself to the sun without burning and get a nice tan, now I can't expose myself to the sun even with sunscreen.

But sunscreen is toxic. How long did it take them to figure that out? 20-30 years? How long have you been using this skin protection anyway? I'm guessing it's been a lot longer. Is this news just another advertising ploy to push the even more expensive other types of sunscreen - mineral and zinc-based - onto the market? I think they're going to be double the price. And now, suddenly, after so many decades, it turns out that the toxic creams need to be replaced with something even more expensive. Really? Is it about money? Or is it about something else?

Maybe the answer is - both things at the same time. And more on that topic - in the next part.

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	Soul's Detour is a project started by me years ago when I had a blog about historical and not so popular tourist destinations in Eastern Belgium, West Germany and Luxembourg. Nowadays, this blog no longer exists, but I'm still here - passionate about architecture, art and mysteries and eager to share my discoveries and point of view with you.

Personally, I am a sensitive soul with a strong sense of justice.
Traveling and photography are my greatest passions.
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