DSM Nutritional Products Ltd., Kaiseraugst, Switzerland.
Curr Probl Dermatol. 2021;55:112-123. doi: 10.1159/000517656. Epub 2021 Oct 25.
Skin cancer rates have been on the rise for decades and are still growing in spite of the availability of high-performance sunscreens that provide sufficient protection against the damaging effect of UV radiation everywhere on this globe. This paper investigates behaviors and attitudes to sunscreen use that may cause an increased UV exposure risk, for example, not using sunscreen at all. Alongside educational reasons, there is a link to some aspects of applying sunscreens that seem to be disliked universally. Therefore, the sensory features of 73 globally sourced commercial sunscreens were measured using quantitative descriptive sensory analysis. This revealed the ranges of sensory intensity currently available, which were then compared with what consumers really want, and showed that only a few sunscreens currently fulfill the needs of people in the most abundant consumer group - "dry touch seekers." All this contributes to insufficient or no use at all of sunscreens during sun exposure, which could result in significant UV dosages that turn out to be relevant for skin cancer development. A more integral approach to improving sunscreen formulas, along with more targeted communication to connect more effectively with consumers who currently show those avoidance behaviors, is needed.
几十年来，皮肤癌发病率一直在上升，尽管有高性能的防晒霜可供使用，这些防晒霜在全球范围内都能提供足够的紫外线辐射防护，但发病率仍在上升。本文研究了可能导致紫外线暴露风险增加的防晒霜使用行为和态度，例如，根本不使用防晒霜。除了教育原因外，防晒霜使用中似乎普遍不受欢迎的某些方面也与之相关。因此，使用定量描述性感官分析方法测量了 73 种来自全球各地的商业防晒霜的感官特征。这揭示了目前可获得的感官强度范围，然后将其与消费者真正想要的进行比较，结果表明，目前只有少数防晒霜能满足最丰富的消费群体——“干爽触感追求者”的需求。所有这些都导致在暴露于阳光下时防晒霜使用不足或根本不使用，从而导致可能与皮肤癌发展相关的大量紫外线剂量。需要采取更综合的方法来改进防晒霜配方，并进行更有针对性的沟通，以更有效地与目前表现出这些回避行为的消费者建立联系。
