UV photos show moisturisers with SPF could put you 'at risk of skin cancer'

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Shocking photos show moisturisers with SPF could put you 'at risk of skin cancer'

These images of a woman's face without any lotion at all, left is taken with a conventional camera and the right taken with a UV-sensitive cameraThis time the woman wears sunscreen, left, and moisturiser with SPF, right, taken with a UV camera

Many moisturisers are sold with SPFs of 30 to 50, which is a similar level to traditional sunscreens. A basal cell carcinoma is a type of skin cancer. There are two main types of skin cancer: melanoma and non-melanoma skin cancer. BCC is a non-melanoma skin cancer, and is the most common type of all skin cancer in the UK. BCCs are sometimes referred to as ‘rodent ulcers’.

 

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