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Layering chemical and physical sunscreen

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#1 ·
Is that a bad idea? I'm annoyed having to reapply sunscreen every 3 hours and thought maybe later a chemical sunscreen with a physical is a good idea. I wear a 21% zinc oxide sunscreen everyday but I feel like I'm still tanning.
 
#2 ·
You can certainly layer chemical and physical sunscreens, however, you’re not going to achieve extra spf that way. Just to be safe, don’t layer zinc oxide with avobenzone. I read that they degrade each other . It would probably be more effective to reapply throughout the day instead of layering.
 
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