Has this ever happened to you? You spent a great day outdoors, maybe at the park or the beach, and you had a lot of fun. You climb into bed ready to face what tomorrow will bring. Then you wake up with horrible, painful, red blotches all over! Despite using sunscreen, you have a sunburn! How in the world did that happen? 

Chances are, you used the wrong type of sunscreen. It’s not all created equal, and while it was once a simple matter of grabbing the highest SPF on the shelf, that’s not even the case any longer. Sunscreen has gotten more complicated, and if you don’t learn what your options are and which is right for you, you may have doomed yourself to days of painful, itchy burnt skin—let alone skin cancer.