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A comment on FDA Approves New Sunscreen Ingredient (Bemotrizinol) Used in EU/Asia for Years. Parent comment

Re:FDA Approves New Sunscreen Ingredient (Bemotrizinol) Used... by CGMthrowaway on Friday June 12, 2026 @02:45PM (#48507917)
This...non-nano zinc oxide is all you need. Ancient technology and still the safest & most effective.

Bemotrizinol is itself a very large molecule with near-zero skin absorption (like ZnO), so if you are thinking you will use this to avoid the "it doesn't rub in" aspect of mineral sunscreen, you are going to be disappointed.

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Re:FDA Approves New Sunscreen Ingredient (Bemotrizinol) Used... by lucius_verus on Friday June 12, 2026 @05:58PM (#48509929)
I only buy sunblock from Korea and Japan that uses Bemotrizinol. Not sure where you got the idea that it wouldn't rub in, but I can confirm that it rubs in very well and doesn't stain white clothing like the avobenzone in US sunblock. The Japanese sunblocks feel light (not as greasy), smell better, and protect very well.
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