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Sunscreen.

EltaMD Sunscreen
Sunscreen

About this product

A medical-grade sunscreen line featuring zinc oxide and other UV filters, designed to protect sensitive skin from sun damage while preventing premature aging and skin irritation.

Best for

Sensitive skin
Sunscreen

The Guru Index verdict

74%

Approved

✓Approved · 74%
4Reviewers
3Approved
1Mixed
0Skip

What the gurus are saying

Gurus widely respect EltaMD as a research-backed, professional-grade sunscreen brand with strong sun protection credentials, especially for sensitive and fair skin. The main caution centers on product layering: mixing other skincare into sunscreen can compromise its efficacy and defeat its protective purpose. Overall the community views it as a reliable, dermatologist-favored choice when used correctly and consistently.
Synthesized from 4 expert reviews

Key actives & flags

Vitamin CVitamin ESqualaneFragrance-freeAlcohol-free

Full ingredients

Water, Coco-Caprylate/​Caprate, Butyloctyl Salicylate, Caprylic/​Capric Triglyceride, Octyldodecyl Neopentanoate, Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Silica, Glyceryl Stearate, PEG-100 Stearate, PEG-20 Methyl Glucose Sesquistearate, Phenoxyethanol, Iron Oxides, Triethoxycaprylylsilane, Polyhydroxystearic Acid, Glycerin, Glyceryl Behenate, Saccharide Isomerate, Xanthan Gum, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract, Hydroxyethyl Acrylate/​Sodium Acryloyldimethyl Taurate Copolymer, Squalane, Ethylhexylglycerin, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Tocopheryl Acetate, Sclerotium Gum, Lecithin, Pullulan, Dimethicone, Mica, Polysorbate 60, Ethylene/​Methacrylate Copolymer

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What the gurus are saying.

Every take we've logged from this product's reviews across YouTube. Click any row to watch the moment they said it.

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Dr. Daniel Sugai
Dr. Daniel Sugai
716k subs · 23k devotees
✓Approved
"If you have sensitive skin and you've been burned before by chemical UV filters, because some can break apart in the sun and the byproducts can cause a contact dermatitis, go with a pure zinc oxide sunscreen, and you can find it in EltaMD. It's great for those with rosacea; they have a green tinted sunscreen."
Hyram
Hyram
4.36M subs · 31k devotees
✓Approved
"EltaMD is a very research-backed brand. There's a reason why you find it in the majority of spas you go to. Very well accredited, they give great protection to the skin, and especially for someone as fair as she is, as sensitive as her skin can get to the sun, you've got to be consistent and hardcore with the sun protection."
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All 2 takes from Hyram
Reacting to Leighton Meester's Skin Care Routine
"EltaMD is kind of considered like the best sunscreens, at least American sunscreens. However, when it comes to sunscreens, you've got to be really, really careful about mixing anything into them. If you mix any other skincare product with your sunscreen, it can render your sunscreen useless, which means you're not getting the sun protection that you think you're getting, and it can actually lead to skin damage and irritation."
Specialist Reacts to Alex Cooper's Skin Care Routine
"EltaMD is a very research-backed brand. There's a reason why you find it in the majority of spas you go to. Very well accredited, they give great protection to the skin, and especially for someone as fair as she is, as sensitive as her skin can get to the sun, you've got to be consistent and hardcore with the sun protection."
Dr Dray
Dr Dray
2.66M subs · 34k devotees
✓Approved
"I wear sunscreen because the Sun causes damage, it ages the skin and causes agent damage. So I try to spend my time in the sun in the early mornings or in the evenings when the UV index is low, otherwise I stay out of the sun but when I am in the sun I do have sunscreen on. This is a great morning skincare routine: cleanse, moisturize, sunscreen. I really like this routine and this advice around sun protection, wearing sunscreen and protecting your skin from the sun is also going to allow for these treatments to work best because so long as you are continuing to have unprotected sun exposure your skin's ability to utilize the tools that you're giving it to repair damage is going to be limited because you have that constant immunosuppressive effect from the UV, that constant inflammatory milieu and upregulation of collagen-destroying enzymes. You need the sun protection to prevent but also to reverse."
Cassandra Bankson
Cassandra Bankson
2.45M subs
~Mixed
"I haven't started using it yet, it just got one wood."
All 2 takes from Cassandra Bankson
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"I haven't started using it yet, it just got one wood."
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"So many people love the EltaMD sunscreen, like Haley Bieber and all of these celebrities on Harper's Bazaar, they're using sunscreens in their routine. Sunscreen is phenomenal for your skin and it is one of the best ways to prevent wrinkles, to prevent fine lines, to prevent dark spots and melasma and more."
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