Shereene IdrissBoard Certified Derm, Founder and Chief Nerd

Sunscreen For Your Hands #shorts

4 May 2023 · 1 min

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A short first-person video monologue where the speaker recounts accidentally getting sunscreen in their eyes while driving, describing painful burning and the need to irrigate their eyes. The speaker advises keeping a physical sunscreen (zinc or titanium) in the car and recommends those with sensitive eyes choose physical sunscreens to reduce eye irritation and risk while driving.

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Any sunscreen that if you rub your eyes, is not going to burn your eyes. Because I have been there while driving, and it was a very scary situation where I rubbed my eyes and I had sunscreen on my hands, and my eyes started burning and watering, and then I couldn't open my eyes for the life of me, and I had to find somewhere to go buy a water bottle to irrigate my eyeballs. And I'm not kidding. If you have sensitive eyes, you know what I'm talking about. So for me, because I have sensitive eyes, I will always opt for a sunscreen in the car that has a physical element to it, whether it is zinc or titanium, because those are less potentially irritating to your eyeballs. And I have rubbed my eyeballs and I nearly veered off.