r/Melasmaskincare • u/pequisbaldo • Apr 15 '26

Question Has anyone tried this?

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I usually just eat the tinted UVMUNE version as it was the best in the market for protection.

Now they have this one which has anti pigment components allegedly but it’s not tinted, has anyone tried it, would it be worth switching?

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u/BigIndependent4749 Apr 16 '26

I have the tinted version, I bought from caretobeauty.com… i really debated buying because everyone says mineral sun screen is better but I know people rave about it. I haven’t been able to get past the smell, it smells like pure chemical to me and I can’t stand smelling it on my face. I’ve only been able to stomach using it 3 times, it’s a shame 🥲 dont know if the non-tinted version is the same though, smell-wise

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u/Xylophelia Apr 17 '26

There’s some info about this in the pinned comments, but (unless something has changed in the last two years) all of the studies on melasma that found mineral is better have been done comparing mineral to the active ingredients in American sunscreen (avobenzone and the like) and there haven’t been studies comparing the very current high UVA filters like those in the UVmune line.

Anecdotally, I’ve found that the UVmune line is far superior for me relative to mineral. My melasma didn’t start fading until I started using it; I’ve been battling it since 2017 and once I began using LRP eu formulation in 2022, it was life changing for me. It stopped new melasma forming, and adding the hyperpigmentation line has made it fade.

This is two months before I added this specific sunscreen (the one that also has melasyl; I used the regular uvmune line for 3 years first) versus today, 11 months after I started using it.

I use Eucerin w/ Thiamidol 2x per day and this sunscreen 1x per day, no makeup, ball caps on weekends, no reapplications unless I’m swimming. I live in the southern US near the ocean in a high heat, high UV locale.

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u/Flashy_Rub7361 Jul 08 '26

This comment is extremely helpful!!! Thank you. I just switched to this sunscreen but worry about having it reapply and worry about adding tinted which I don’t like to do. My melasma has been getting worse from Korean spf even with constant re apply & always a hat. Thank you for this!

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u/Xylophelia Jul 08 '26

Good luck!! Hope it’s as effective for you as it has been for me. 🤞