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Black people, do we need sunscreen?
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Lewis Black
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First time I went miami a caramel breh got burnt 
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I only got sunburned twice, which didn't make sense cause I used to be out in the sun all the time. It didn't hurt, it just felt like I had a dried facial mask on.Didn't think so till mah freshman year of college. Went to Miami for spring break and was layed out chillin on da beach for hours.
Gettin ready to go to da club and err time I touched mah shouldas da shyt was sore and stung a bit. Next aftanoon I started peelin a lil and got freaked out.
Quickly realized I got got. Wasnt bad but shyt wierded me out because i didnt think black folks could get sunburn.
Tales of a red nikka.
Also one thing to consider, a lot of black folks put on body lotion not realizing that those lotions themselves sometimes have SPF protection properties in themselves. Some folks might be putting on some form of sunscreen without even knowing it
Same here. I used to be outside ALL the time as a kid and teen growing up and never put on protection and never got burned. I only had my first and only sunburn as an adult at the water park like I said above. I wonder if age affects it at all...
GetInTheTruck
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I'm brown skinned never put on sunscreen in my life. Never got any type of sunburn, ever, and I've been out in the sun all day at times in the summer. I just get a lil darker.
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I get acne if I don't get enough sun.Naturally we don't. But I think the problem some have when they are black and say they do need it . I think over here as compared to our brothers and sisters in thee motherland. We use a lot of chemicals on our bodies lotions, oils, colognes, perfumes that causes a chemical reaction that may not be conducive for the sun. A lot of these products are not designed for Hue-mans.
If you look at a lot of those pictures of the Africans they can be dirt poor yet have the whitest teeth and smoothest clearest skin? Without all the expensive chemicals and cosmetics and teeth whitening products we have here? Makes you think
maybe for yall that mearly adopted the dark 
but I was born in it
but I was born in it
From a licensed esthetician...not really. The reason white people generally look like shyt as they age is because the sun accounts for something like 90% of skin damage 
obviously us having much more melanin protects us from a lot of the ill effects of the sun. Even if you are like curry color you are vastly more built to defend the wear and tear of the sun. I mean you can use sunscreen but for most black people its really not going to do much. We can still get melanoma don't get me wrong but this shyt is incredibly rare.
TLDR; more than likely you don't need to wear sunscreen daily if you have some melanin
obviously us having much more melanin protects us from a lot of the ill effects of the sun. Even if you are like curry color you are vastly more built to defend the wear and tear of the sun. I mean you can use sunscreen but for most black people its really not going to do much. We can still get melanoma don't get me wrong but this shyt is incredibly rare. TLDR; more than likely you don't need to wear sunscreen daily if you have some melanin
My whole family from Jamaica and I've never seen anyone use sunscreen ever. No skin cancer and no wrinkles
Never used sunscreen myself and never got sunburned. I've been to beaches in Haiti, been to Miami and even spent almost a whole day out with the homies and fam in Panama City Beach and still didn't get burnt.
Wonder what the sunscreen sales look like in Sudan
I use sun screen. Its the best way to 1) prevent my hyper pigmentation from darken further and 2) it's easy anti-aging and I want to age like fine wine. I already got good genetics, my mom looks young as hell. But sunscreen will slow down skin aging even further. I'm going to be the baddest cougar 
. Keeping fit, eat well, stay mentally healthy, and good skin care will keep all black people preserved like a vampire
. I'm 22 and use eye cream 
. Keeping fit, eat well, stay mentally healthy, and good skin care will keep all black people preserved like a vampire. I'm 22 and use eye cream 
OG_StankBrefs
Da Spice...
Yeah i neva experienced it until dat one day.
But I was out in dat hot Miami sun on da beach dayum near all fukkin mornin till mid afternoon. No umbrella, nothin.
Just layin down chillin. Then like I said, I noticed da soreness then da lil bit of peelin da day or so aftawards. Wasn't a lot but da shyt still caught me off guard.
Rarebird77
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Thanks for this!For those who don't mind reading
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Hell no you don't need sunscreen.
Chemical laden cream smoothed over your skin to protect you from nature.
And I'm a Black person who has burned in the sun saying this.
Vitamin D is much more necessary. It's a hormone that powers every process in your body that can only be gotten from the sun and what black people need more than anyone.
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Black man? Sunscreen? 