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- 09/2015: Via de la Plata
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It is super expensive in Spain, a 50 ml tube cost me 12€, and it wasn't even the good stuff. If what you have at home has always worked for you, why change?Is it true that Australian and the European sunscreens are more effective than ones from US? My daughter just cautioned me to try to get some Australian sunscreen because ours isn't as good. I found an article on the internet saying the same thing. Has anybody else heard about this? What brand would you buy in Spain?
Hi , as already stated in Spain is it very expensive . I paid 7 euro for a small tube . Wish you all Well , Peter .Is it true that Australian and the European sunscreens are more effective than ones from US? My daughter just cautioned me to try to get some Australian sunscreen because ours isn't as good. I found an article on the internet saying the same thing. Has anybody else heard about this? What brand would you buy in Spain?
It is super expensive in Spain, a 50 ml tube cost me 12€, and it wasn't even the good stuff. If what you have at home has always worked for you, why change?
Thank you for all of your responses. I've got some biker sleeves to cover my arms but I still have exposed parts of my body that I would like to cover while I spend hours outside every day for almost 2 months on VDLP. I don't burn easily but it's the skin cancer that I'm trying to avoid and I'd like to have the best sunscreen available instead of paying for medical care later.
LauraK, thanks for the brand name. I'll look for it before I leave.
Ah, yes. But you only have to apply it to the left side of your body, so it lasts twice as longHi , as already stated in Spain is it very expensive . I paid 7 euro for a small tube . Wish you all Well , Peter .
I certainly am not expert on the matter, but I would think that it is not because something is not mandatory that it might not be included in the product. Also, what about buying a French brand in the US, might give you the quality you are after but at a lower cost?Anemone,...But then I read that US sunscreen doesn't have the UVA protection that Australia has. Laws requiring certain standards, as I understand it, we're passed in Australia and the US doesn't have such laws.
Joe G: I completely agree. I used sunscreen but forgot to put it on my hands and, since I was using trekking poles with straps, ended up with a sunburn across half of my hand. It hurt....and looked weirdI agree with the posts regarding the fact that I found sunscreen to be expensive in Spain. Next time I will take two, carry on sized tubes of sunscreen. I went through one quite quickly.
I also strongly recommend that you wear a pair of padded bike gloves on the Camino. The gloves protected my hands from sunburn. A number of pilgrims commented to me in April and May when I was on the CF that they wished they had carried bike gloves.
I would also carry a long sleeved shirt to protect your arms from the sun. If the shirt is quick dry, then you can wash it out every night and wear it the next day.
Sun screen is sun screen. Pick one with a high SPF that you like and use it. Try to get one that resists sweating off and even then apply several times a day.Is it true that Australian and the European sunscreens are more effective than ones from US? My daughter just cautioned me to try to get some Australian sunscreen because ours isn't as good. I found an article on the internet saying the same thing. Has anybody else heard about this? What brand would you buy in Spain?
Not quite, traditional SPF is only for UVBs, not UVAs.Sun screen is sun screen. Pick one with a high SPF that you like and use it. Try to get one that resists sweating off and even then apply several times a day.
Not quite, traditional SPF is only for UVBs, not
My dermatologist who I just saw simply said "use a sun screen". I've learned something new today.
The solution to the Camino Tan is easy. Walk backwards every other day. You won't make very good time, but your tan will be even.Ah, yes. But you only have to apply it to the left side of your body, so it lasts twice as long
(For Camino newbies, this is a tongue-in-cheek reference to the "Camino tan" caused by walking westward toward Santiago every day on the CF. This means the sun shines mainly on your left leg, left arm, left cheek, left ear, etc, resulting in an uneven tan -- or for some of us, uneven sunburn -- on the left side of our bodies.)
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