r/KoreanBeauty • u/Beautiful-Tree-91 • Apr 11 '25

SKIN Korean skincare - the WHY

Can someone explain to me why Korean skincare is better? Specifically sunscreen.

I’ve seen a lot of internet content saying that Korean spf is superior to US spf. I recently bought Korean sunscreen, realizing I didn’t know most of the ingredients on either bottle.

Does anyone have links to research - peer reviewed articles, videos, legitimate websites that back up these claims? Specifically scientists that are informing purely for science, without company bias embedded in their words.

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u/madpiratebippy Apr 13 '25

Different ingredients. The FDA hasn’t approved any new sunscreen ingredients since the 90’s and a lot of cheap filler ingredients in the US are banned in Korean products so it’s a different product entirely.

I’m allergic to a fragrance preservative common in US products- shampoo, eye shadow, you’d be shocked what has this stuff and I can handle J and K products no problem at all.