Active ingredient
Titanium Dioxide
INCITitanium Dioxide (micronized grades labeled Titanium Dioxide [nano] per EU 1223/2009 Art. 19)
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What it is
Titanium dioxide is a mineral UV filter used in sunscreen and photoprotective skincare to reflect and scatter UVB and short UVA radiation. It sits on the surface of the skin and creates a physical barrier against harmful wavelengths. Both nano and non-nano grades are regulated under EU 1223/2009 and labelled accordingly. No conflicts.
Pregnancy and breastfeeding
Safe
Considered safe during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Mineral UV filters titanium dioxide and zinc oxide remain on the skin surface and are not systemically absorbed. ACOG, Mother to Baby, and Trivedi et al. (2017) recommend mineral sunscreens as the preferred photoprotection during pregnancy.
Mechanism in detail
What Titanium Dioxide does
Mineral UV filter that sits on the skin's surface and physically reflects and scatters UVA and UVB light. Photostable and non-irritating, it delivers broad-spectrum protection gentle enough for sensitive and children's skin.
Evidence
What the research says
- SPF 50Broad-spectrum mineral filter, 98% of burning UV at SPF 50Titanium dioxide is a broad-spectrum mineral filter that sits on skin and deflects UV. At SPF 50, sunscreens absorb 98% of the erythema-producing rays behind sunburn and photoaging. Everyday, reliable protection.Read the study →The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics (Sunscreens), 2021
Where it helps
Concerns Titanium Dioxide addresses
Acne
Acne is rarely just acne. It is the anxiety before a meeting, the photo you skip, the makeup routine that started as "a little" and is now…
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Dryness is a barrier dysfunction in which skin loses water faster than it can retain or replenish it, presenting as flaking, tightness,…
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If you have sensitive skin, you have probably been told it is in your head — by a product that says "gentle" on the label, by a friend…
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Sun damage is the cumulative photoaging caused by ultraviolet radiation, presenting as solar lentigines, irregular pigmentation, fine…
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