Kristin Cavallari CALLED OUT For Dangerous Stance On Sunscreen!
16.04.2024 - 18:51
/ perezhilton.com
Kristin Cavallari just got absolutely blasted for her controversial hot take on… sunscreen?! Wait, really??
On a January episode of her podcast, Let’s Be Honest, she sat down with Dr. Ryan Monahan, a holistic medicine practitioner. Yeah. That’s when the Laguna Beach alum opened up about her reasoning for NOT using sunscreen. She revealed:
Cue the controversy!
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The doc, naturally, was somewhat understanding of her decision, sharing his thoughts:
He suggested folks “work up your base coat in the sun, [so] you can start to tolerate the sun instead of burning” while also relying on supplements that act like “internal sunscreen” to help balance out the negative effects of the sun. Uh huh…
Later, the Uncommon James founder wondered if coconut oil could be a good replacement for sunscreen. The wellness guru thought it could work, though he doesn’t do it himself. He mostly recommended eating it for its anti-inflammatory properties. Hear the clip (below):
As you might imagine, fans and other doctors had some SERIOUS concerns about this hot take! After all, skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the US, per the American Cancer Society. Reacting to the podcast clip — which just went viral thanks to a new TikTok video on Sunday, board-certified dermatologist Andrea Suarez totally called out the reality star and her guest for spreading misinformation, arguing:
Snap! That’s a good point!
While you can get skin cancer at most ages, the average age of diagnosis, according to the American Cancer Society, is age 66. And of course, go far enough back and who would even have known if our ancestors had melanoma? They’d just write down the cause of death as