Which minerals are typical in mineral-based sunscreens?

Name: Why Mineral-Based Sunscreens Matter
Uploaded: 2025-08-20T12:00:26+00:00
Duration: 29 s
Channel: Dr. Charles Mok
Description: A short YouTube excerpt (single speaker, Dr. Charles Mok) advising year-round use of mineral-based sunscreens for facial skincare. The speaker explains…

Dr. Charles MokOwner at Allure Medical

Why Mineral-Based Sunscreens Matter

20 Aug 2025 · 0 min

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A short YouTube excerpt (single speaker, Dr. Charles Mok) advising year-round use of mineral-based sunscreens for facial skincare. The speaker explains that mineral filters (zinc oxide, titanium/titanium dioxide) reflect — rather than absorb — UV light, contrasts these with chemical absorbers that can generate heat and may worsen melasma or inflammation, and briefly recommends a mineral-based product (Allure brand).

Questions this video answers

Zinc oxide or titanium (titanium dioxide).

Should we use our daily skincare routine. And we're recording this kind of as coming into the summer, but all year round. This is a mineral based skincare. Mineral base is typically going to be zinc oxide or titanium. With mineral base, they're basically metal based sunscreens. They don't absorb their skin, so there's no toxic effects like some of the chemicals that people might be concerned about. It actually reflects the sun. There's sun blocks that absorb the sun which actually generates heat. Might make things like melasma worse or inflammation worse. And there's ones that reflect it which will be a mineral based sun sunscreen. So we like to use a mineral based wet. This is our Allure Allure brand.