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Case Reports
. 2025 Jan-Feb;100(1):158-161.
doi: 10.1016/j.abd.2024.04.009. Epub 2024 Nov 15.

Evaluation of how facial sunscreens are applied by the population: an approach beyond the product quantity

Lucivaldo Fernandes Cruz  1 , Catarina Silva Guimarães  2 , Bianca Lemos Oliveira  1 , Bruna Santana Neves  1 , Caio Ferraz Cabral de Araújo  1 , Maria Clara Botelho de Sousa  1 , Vinicius Rosenbergre Dos Santos Carmo  1 , Juliano Geraldo Amaral  3 , Gabriel Azevedo de Brito Damasceno  4
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Evaluation of how facial sunscreens are applied by the population: an approach beyond the product quantity

Lucivaldo Fernandes Cruz et al. An Bras Dermatol. 2025 Jan-Feb.
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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Increasing scale of area of application of the sunscreen. *Areas shaded in black on the face of the volunteer corresponding to (A) 15.53%, (B) 56.19% and (C) 100% of sunscreen surface cover.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Application surface depending on the age of volunteers.
Fig. 3
Fig. 3
Application surface depending on the skin color of the volunteers.
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