I just finished reading the very informative thread Basal Cell Skin Cancer here in this forum. I had my a BCC (my first) removed from my upper arm around age 50 (I'm now 54). I'm fair-skinned and love being outdoors.

I have been using Rocky Mountain Sunscreen products which I love because they are not greasy, go on very easily (a thin cream rather than a thick cream that requires a lot of work to spread), affordable, and they disappear on my skin (i.e. they don't make my face look pasty-white). They became my new favorite sunscreen.... until I read that two of its ingredients (vitamin A and oxybenzone) actually may INCREASE skin cancer risk.

I am now concerned about the future effects of riding bare-armed with this product on my arms, and am planning to change my routine to riding only in the mornings and late afternoons/evenings while wearing a long-sleeve SPF jersey. I don't want to give up riding and gardening!

So I bought a bottle of Badger's sunscreen which is considered non-toxic and safe ---- but it made my face very pasty white.

I'm wondering if there is a safe AND effective sunscreen that DOESN'T make my face look like I dipped it in milk and doesn't cost a lot for a small tube. Someone in the above thread mentioned zinc oxide and titanium dioxide (the latter is in some of the the Rocky Mountain products... but so is vit. A).