The History Handout - Sunscreen

THE HISTORY I'm in Coupons HANDOUT Sonscreen Egyptians were the first known to use a version of sunscreen and believed light skin was always more beautiful than dark skin. It consisted of a variety of ingredients, most which have been rediscovered and used by modern day scientists. A The first true sunburn cream was made in the early 1930's. The concept was taken up by the founder of L'Oreal who released the first sunscreen in 1936. In 1938, Franz Greiter came up with the Sun Protection Factor, SPF, Which is still used today to measure how effective a certain fype of sunscreen is. The first UVA/UVB sunscreen came ouf in 1980 and has been sold under different names. The future for sunscreen development seems bright as scientists are still searching for ways to better their current formulas.