Does daily sunscreen slow skin ageing?

What we can tell you today: how thoroughly this has been studied.

Well studied

4 studies, including one that brings together the results of several trials in people.

5 Repeated evidence 1 study

4 Large controlled trial 1 study

3 Small study in people 2 studies

This says how thoroughly something has been studied — not whether it works for you. What each study actually found is in the study itself, and in the plain-language write-ups we are adding.

Appears under: Skin aging

The studies

5 Repeated evidence Photoprotective effect of botanicals and vitamins: A systematic review of clinical trials.
2016 · The Journal of dermatological treatment
4 Large controlled trial Sunscreen and prevention of skin aging: a randomized trial.
2013 · Annals of internal medicine · 1,621 participants
3 Small study in people Impact on facial skin aging signs of a 1-year standardized photoprotection over a classical skin care routine in skin phototypes II-VI individuals: A prospective randomized trial.
2023 · Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Vene · manufacturer helped fund this
3 Small study in people Sunscreens and Cosmetic Formulations Containing Ascorbyl Tetraisopalmitate and Rice Peptides for the Improvement of Skin Photoaging: A Double-blind, Randomized Placebo-controlled Clinical Study.
2022 · Photochemistry and photobiology