RESEARCH STUDY

Daily sunscreen slows skin aging (RCT, 2013)

2013
RCT
903
High

One-line finding

Adults using daily sunscreen showed about 24% less skin aging than those using it only when they chose to.

Plain-language summary

Australian adults were randomly assigned to use broad-spectrum sunscreen every day or only when they wanted. After 4.5 years, the daily group showed about 24% less visible skin aging, measured by the fine surface texture of the skin. The study suggests daily sunscreen slows the buildup of sun-related aging. It did not show that sunscreen reverses aging that has already happened.

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