A MAN who decided to test sunscreens with SPFs from 10 up to 100 was left stunned by the results.
Tyler Blanchard cleared the shelves of sun cream, in a bid to find out "does sunscreen SPF actually matter?"
Using tape, he divided his chest and stomach into 10 different sections.
And in each section, he applied a different factor sun cream.
"I'm going to figure out whether or not these companies are scamming you," he promised.
He proceeded to lay out in the sun for a full two hours, before coming inside and removing the tape to see which had done the best.
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In fact, he discovered there was "nothing consistent" with the results – other than the fact the SPF90 had done the worst.
In the area he'd applied that one, the skin was left red and sunburned.
People were quick to comment on the TikTok video, with one writing: "sunscreen works best if you put it on 15-30 mins BEFORE sun exposure – it needs to soak into your skin!"
"You're supposed to apply it then wait 15 minutes before being exposed to the sun," another agreed.
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"Needs to be on 20 min prior to sun exposure," a third wrote.
Others insisted that the experiment wasn't accurate.
"You should have bought one brand in different spfs – that would be more controlled," one suggested.
"Do it again, same brand. We love this," another said.
As a third wrote: "You gotta use the same brand".
And some people even said that there's no difference in the SPFs when it gets to 50 and above.
"There is literally no difference between 10fps vs 50 fps in term of protection, the difference is the duration of the protection," one wrote.
"The higher the spf the longer it lasts and the less you have to reapply," another agreed.
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As a third said: "After 55 you're just paying for a number there really isn’t a difference."
"In Europe they don't sell spf over 50 cause they don't do anything," someone else commented.
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