For me, it's like buying any product at your drug store, you trust that the company is being as honest as possible, until you find out their not. I don't think its unreasonable for her to have trusted the SPF stated on the bottles. ![]() Honestly for me its how she's dealt with this controversy. Įdit: In addition to the discussion of ingredients above, I'll add that as far as I can tell, the requirements for in vitro and in vivo testing of sun protection before market seem to be fairly analogous for both U.S. In 2014, the Sunscreen Innovation Act was even passed to attempt to get approval for new filters, but they are essentially still being held in limbo to this day. The FDA is an understaffed government agency. That may not actually be due to stringency in terms of standards, but more due to bureaucratic hoops they require manufactures to jump through. ![]() In fact, the EU-which is known to have some of the most stringent standards in the world-have approved both filters since the early 2000s. We can't assume that the reason the FDA hasn't approved these filters is because they are either unsafe or ineffective. For context, the reason Krave can't claim any sun protection factor is that filters they use such as (Uvinul A Plus and Tinosorb S) aren't approved by the FDA. I'm not sure it's accurate to say that they are more regulated in the Untied States. I'll copy my discussion of some of the reasons why from another comment I made below: But don't stop buying Asian products.Įdit: My main point here is that you can't just pick a country and know you're fine if you only buy your sunscreens from there, because the danger of misleading or incorrect claims is there in every country. ![]() We should do our due diligence and research with ALL brands and encourage transparency and third party testing. The Ordinary, which are both western companies. There's a huge difference, for example, between the formulations for products sold by Proctor and Gamble vs. They have different values, different policies, different organization structure, different leadership, different resources, etc. Asian brands aren't a monolith and they are just like American or other western brands. That's an irrational fear driven by xenophobia. I'm seeing a lot of people saying they're only going to buy western sunscreens from now on. products or would you attribute it the specific brand/company? ![]() company turned out to be lying about their SPF rating (plot twist: this has happened already, a bunch of times), would you stop purchasing all U.S. However, it's not justified to apply generalizations to all Korean or Asian brands. I understand that it sucks to find out that a company has been misleading about a product you loyally use. Posts without a valid tag will be removed by Automoderator. Megathreads HG threads No/Low Buy threads Routine megathreads Referral threads Research threadsĪsking a question? Check out our Daily Help Thread! SkincareAddiction FAQ How to post About us Verified flair Related subs More Help Routine order Expanding your routine How to patch test Shaving Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Mental healthĭiscussion day (text-post only) & No/Low Buy ThreadsĬasual Friday (Humor, Cringe, Selfies, B&As are allowed General Chat) Skincare Core ▹▹ The ScA Routine ◃◃ Cleansers Moisturizers Sunscreen ▹▹ Search the sub ◃◃Įverything.on Skin Concerns (acne, PIH, and more!). Don't spam your blog, your product, your anything Quick Links Valid Title Tags COVID-19 Megathread RulesĤ.
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