Comments on: Micronized Zinc Oxide Dimethicone a Safe Sunscreen

By: Sarah F.

Sarah F. — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 01:34:25 +0000

P.S. Also check out The Beauty Brains blog.

By: Sarah F.

Sarah F. — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 01:31:51 +0000

Disclaimer: I have rosacea, just in case there was any question about me being a troll/spammer (I haven’t posted a lot). I don’t have anything to sell.

In future, if any questions come up regarding safety/toxicity issues with products, people may find the Personal Care Truth website invaluable. It has a stronger backing in scientific data (properly digested/interpreted by actual scientists) than the cosmeticsdatabase site which is run by lobbyists (not scientists) and is typically alarmist. I link to a relevant review from the Personal Care Truth site. I hope others will find the site useful.

http://personalcaretruth.com/2011/01/does-titanium-dioxide-cause-free-radical-damage/

By: Hazell

Hazell — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 21:29:26 +0000

Hi new to the rosacea website, also looking for a sunblock that is fragrance free .lanolin free. Nickel free. I have been using gentle wash Cetaphil also Cetaphil moisture cream find both okay for my skin, reading they have a new cream and wash called restoraderm.

I also wonder if anyone has highblood pressure and did the tablets help with the red skin as I have been given tablets 4 days ago. Have metrosa jel 0%75 now for 2 month was taken of antibiotics which did not seem to help.

Hope to hear from members about there experience using the above products.

By: suzanne

suzanne — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 06:31:07 +0000

If you compare the ingredients of ZinCo with Blue Lizard’s Face cream, spf 30, they are very similar. According to at least one site Blue Lizard’s face cream (not necessarily their other formulas) also contains dimethicone-coated micronized zinc oxide, 8%, along with 5.5% octinoxate.

Regardless of the risk of micronized minerals, just reading about zinc oxide on wikipedia – it’s degraded by most acids, reacts slowly with most fatty acids to form carboxylates, and according to wikipedia when a zinc oxide ointment with water melts and is exposed to UV light, hydrogen peroxide is formed! – I’ve come to think that to use this as a sunscreen at all, it needs to be dimethicone-coated.

By: Damon

Damon — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:38:32 +0000

Has anyone tried BurnOut Clean and Clear. I just bought it and am doing a patch test to see how I react.

By: David Pascoe

David Pascoe — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:46:22 +0000

Hi MJ, Tinted and Untinted Zinco Cream will be available again shortly via RosaceaCare see: ZincO, Vita-Oil and Oatmeal Cleanser available again soon for more info. davidp.

By: MJ

MJ — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 01:43:40 +0000

Now that Linda Sy’s tinted zinco cream is no longer available, any suggestions?
MJ

By: David Pascoe

David Pascoe — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:12:23 +0000

Thanks for the suggestion. I have tried the Soleo Organics 30+ Sunscreen and like that it has natural ingredients, but it is oily, oily, oily. It didn’t seem to rub in at all for me.

By: JB

JB — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:16:12 +0000

Pam,

Maybe you could try a couple of Aussie brands… Soleo Organics 30+ Sunscreen, and or UV Natural Sunscreen 30+. Both products (by separate companies) are free from Titanium Dioxide, have no Chemical Absorbers, synthetic absorbers or synthethic preservatives, no synthetic colours or fragrances. Both products are Zinc coated in Silica (not dimethicone) and both have had good successes with Rosacea sufferers. Best of Luck. http://www.soleoorganics.com and http://www.uvnatural.com

By: David Pascoe

David Pascoe — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:51:52 +0000

Hi Pam,

One sunscreen to try is Linda Sy’s Tinted and Untinted ZincO Cream. It is as mild a sunscreen as she could make for rosacea sufferers. It uses micronised Zinc Oxide coated with dimethicone to give an excellent physical barrier. Go to http://www.lindasy.com and you can order cheap samples to try it out.

davidp.