---
title: "How You Look in Ultraviolet and the Value of Sunscreen"
description: "A month or so ago, a crazy article was running around claiming that sunscreen causes cancer (which we debunked). Sun-induced skin cancer is usually caused by ultraviolet (UV) light. One of the powerful things about sunscreen is it blocks this light, preventing it from interacting with our skin, and protecting us from that type of..."
date: "2014-08-16"
modified: "2014-08-16"
authors:
  - name: "Joshua Filmer"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/joshuafqtq.md"
url: "https://futurism.com/how-you-look-in-ultraviolet-and-the-value-of-sunscreen"
categories:
  - "From Quarks to Quasars"
---

# How You Look in Ultraviolet and the Value of Sunscreen

![](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/sunscreen.jpg>)

A month or so ago, a crazy article was running around claiming that sunscreen causes cancer ([which we debunked](<https://futurism.com/sunscreen-causes-cancer-no-not-really.md>)). Sun-induced skin cancer is usually caused by ultraviolet (UV) light. One of the powerful things about sunscreen is it blocks this light, preventing it from interacting with our skin, and protecting us from that type of cancer. Have you ever wondered what you look like with and without sunscreen in ultraviolet light? Probably something like this...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9BqrSAHbTc

## Author
Joshua specializes in Mathematics and Physics at Portland State University.

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