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Japanfag here. So at one of the schools I teach at, I work with this young, beautiful woman who is rather paranoid about UV light. Even though she doesn't go outside, schools in Japan have lots of windows and she is afraid of UV light exposure. So she applies sunscreen constantly. It's rather bizarre. I'm a pale Caucasian, and her skin is maybe whiter than mine. So when we had a conversation about that yesterday, I told her about non-nano zinc sunscreen. I'd bought some from Infowars several years ago after they showed how nano zinc is actually bad for your skin. The problem is that it doesn't really disappear when you rub it into your skin.
So my concern is her vitamin D absorption. This study implies that sunscreen does not interfere with D levels:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30945275/
This page says the same.
https://www.skincancer.org/blog/sun-protection-and-vitamin-d/
Other pages say that it may affect D slightly, but not enough to make much of a difference. My concern is that this young, beautiful woman will be aging her skin prematurely. Maybe I don't pay enough attention, but Japanese women do not apply so much makeup as Western women do, and I think this contributes to their youthful appearance as cosmetics tend to age one's skin. I'd say that using sunscreen daily would age her skin more than the ambient UV levels within a room. Do any healthfags here have an opinion on this? Thanks.
Japanese women and sunscreen, like peanut butter and jelly. I bet she has one of those sun hats that can fold in a purse. Asian pale is definitely the palest one can get, but then again, these women look 30 into their 50s so can you blame them?
I would suggest she take a good vitamin d3 supplement, she will absorb it well because between seaweed and natto she is set on vitamin K. Probably start her out on 3000iu, just make sure to find capsules or gummies where each one is 1000 so you can dose through the day
If she possibly suffers from Lupus , or other auto immune issues, UV is toxic and triggers flare ups, which feel like a flu, aches and pains and fatigue. Even UV from fluorescent lights can trigger it. It is an unfortunate photosensitivity. There are UV protective clothes, and hats, much better than slathering oneself with sunscreen, and, of course supplementation with Vitamin D. COQ10 also helps with this. Back in the late 70's , when people were worried about the Ozone layer weakening, it was thought that the amount of UV light was reaching a dangerous level, affecting everything from Dolphins to Humans. Or, she could just be phobic.