cross-posted from: https://linux.community/post/1079125

I’ve started sunbathing because… reasons.

second day: I applied sunscreen to my skin and after some 30 seconds of rubbing my arms, I started to see what I could be dead skin on my hands: tiny balls of grey and white junk, the size of one to several sand grains, but not hard to press like sand or a tiny particle of wood.

The other thing that crossed my mind is it could be rests of the chemical sunscreen I use. Has this ever happened to you with chemical screens?

Is this normal?

  • Eheran@lemmy.world
    2·
    6 months ago

    I can do the same after simply letting my skin soak in water for a few minutes at some points like in the foot arch.

    On a side note, does lotion actually “soak in” in meaningful amounts? Wasn’t that a myth/sales pitch?

    • hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world
      4·
      6 months ago

      If you soaked your skin then that is just dead skin cells. Pilling happens on dry skin.

      Lotion is composed of a water part that gets absorbed or evaporated and a fat or wax part that only absorbs into the very top layer of dead cells.