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Can we talk about sunscreen for a moment because I'm confused?
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So, a lot of skincare and health sites say that everyone should wear sunscreen everyday regardless of weather and skin tone but this just doesn't make sense to me.

I'm dark-skinned (somewhere between lupita nyong'o and keke palmer) and where I live, almost everyday has a low UV index for the colder half of the year. I've never burned before in my life even when I used to spend all day outside in 110 degree heat (I know you can still receive sun damage without burning but I do feel like it's a good overall indicator of a persons sensitivity to the sun).

I feel like I could definitely just use my common sense and just apply sunscreen on high UV days and when I'm spending a lot of time outdoors instead of blocking vitamin d year long but, I want to here yall's opinions. What do you guys think?

edit: I'm not sure why but I think a lot of yall are thinking's that I am saying that is pointless for black people to wear sunscreen and that's not the case. I know that sunscreen is important and useful for all skin types. A lot of you guys are answering the question "do black people need sunscreen" and that was never the question. I'm specifically wondering is a must that darker skinned individuals like myself wear sunscreen everyday (even on days with minimums sun exposure / low uv index). I shared my uncertainties about a specific aspect of sunscreen use, I'm not sure why I'm getting hostility.

Anyways, it's not even as silly question as some of you guys are making it out to be. It turns out that at a UV index of 1-2 no one needs sunscreen. Sunscreen is typically only recommended after a UV index of 3. For where I live, the average UV for the winter is 2 and this is taking fair skinned people into account.

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