Non 5ari Suncreen/Sunblock?

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#1

Has anyone found a Sunscreen that isn’t a 5ari, and that doesn’t cause a crash?

I am aware that Zinc is an ingredient used in a lot of them, so I want to be careful not to crash from using it.

#2

There seems to be few perfect answers to this. Interested to see what others post.

This is one suggestion, below.

However it contains some active ingredients, I think octocrylene or one of the others, which can convert into endocrine disruptors, or some other bad stuff. Would suggest searching on the active ingredients.

Edit: Also has green tea extract. Think I’ve seen something saying green tea is a 5-ARi. Would need to check.

Is there some list somewhere of 5-AR inhibitors?

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#3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_5α-reductase_inhibitors hoping it will help

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#4

Thanks for this! I will look into it.

I see a list of 5ar inhibitors has been posted below.

I usually just type in any ingredient/food into the search bar on this site to find if something is 5ari, usually gives me a pretty good answer.