It’s summer time – that means it’s time to have fun! Even as we stay home more often to protect ourselves from COVID-19, we still have to worry about the sun when we go out. If you’re like me, your head will spin just by looking at all the different sunscreens on the market. So, how do you know which one to buy? How Do I Pick a Sunscreen?

Cosmeceuticals sound like the best of both cosmetic and pharmaceutical worlds, right? By merging the words “cosmetic” and “pharmaceutical”, it’s implied that a product has some special clinical benefit. But it’s misleading. The FDA does not recognize cosmeceuticals as a category and does not have any additional requirements for products to be marketed this way. Cosmeceuticals are simply cosmetic products with a clever marketing name attached to them