Since summer is approaching, and days are getting hotter, sun protection is a major priority, especially to people who have seriously sensitive skin. Although the effects of the sun could be potentially damaging to your skin and body, the synthetic ingredients in some of the sunscreens you use could have even more toxic effects to those areas. So you should definitely try a different brand if your sun lotion contains any of these ingredients...

1. Increased risk of breast cancer.

Paraben preservatives have ben associated with fatal side effects including symptoms similar to allergic reactions, hormone fluctuation, and toxicity. Although they have been stated that these preservatives are nontoxic they do in fact have chemicals that lead to the rising number of breast cancer reported in younger women.

2. Most common ingredient in SPF.

Octinoxate is in sunscreens to help them absorb into your skin, and it could possibly cause more harmful chemicals to absorb into your body. Allergic reactions due to octinoxate, but if you are surrounded by something you are allergic too, you are more susceptible, to suffering an allergic reaction. However, these chemicals are quite harmful to you, and nature once it sweats off your body into either the earth, or water. It can lead to signs of premature aging, and dying, or decaying skin cells as well.

3. Damaged DNA.

Retinyl palmitate, also known as vitamin A palmitate, is supposed to help more greatly protect your skin from the harmful effect of UV rays, but, when actually exposed to UV rays the palmitic acid releases a chemical into your skin that can be toxic to your cells, and even possibly damage you DNA. Studies done by the FDA have reported that this chemical can speed up the process harmful cells, and skin tumors, So avoid sunscreens with this ingredient if you care about your health.

4. Disrupted hormones.

Oxybenzone, when applied to your skin enables other chemicals to be more easily absorbed into your skin, and once exposed to UV rays the chemical itself becomes absorbed in the skin, and produce allergic reactions that have a similar look to eczema. Additionally, this hormone can spread from the effected area, and cause you harm long after you get out of the sun. This could result in hormonal disruptions, that could have damaging effects on your body.