Dear Acne.org community,
I've been on "The Regimen" for about 1,5 years. I live normally in Finland so "sunbathing" isn't really a thing there. Now however, I'm on my exchange semester in Italy and I was planning on going on a sun vacation to Sicily in June.
My question is: Is it okay to use benzoyl peroxide 2,5% and sunbathe? I was planning on getting a good tan so this would require approximately 5 hours sunbathing in 30 degrees Celsius for 5 days straight!
Now I do the regimen twice a day - in the mornings and nights. When I go on my sun vacation, should I atleast decrease my routines to only doing The Regimen (Benzoyl Peroxide 2,5%) at night?
I will of course be using sunscreen, but I am simply afraid that the combination of excessive sunbathing and benzoyl peroxide would be way to irritating and really burn my skin!
Thank you in advance, I would be really glad to hear some experience with this problem from the Acne.org community, I know there are a lot of smart people here so I can imagine people have had this issue before.
Also I wouldnt mind Acne.org support (moderators) expressing their opinions on this matter, even though their answers usually are copy pasted more or less.
Have a nice day!
Kinds regards,
M
Hi Mindful Tiler.
You should use sunscreen if you intend to spend a few hours under the sun. For more information on which sunscreen you may use, kindly visit or sunscreen page at http://www.acne.org/spf-sunscreen.html
If there's anything else that I can help you with, please let me know.