# What happens to Suntan Lotion..

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-suntan-lotion/117483>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 5, 2002, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-suntan-lotion/117483 "2002-07-05T12:44:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-suntan-lotion/117483/1 "2002-07-05T12:44:02Z")

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…on your skin? Is it absorbed by the body? I was wondering, because I was using some yesterday…and I noticed that it contained a lot of oils (cocnut and shark oils). It doesn’t evaporate, so where does it go?😕

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**Author:** ![femtosecond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f08c70/32.png) [@femtosecond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femtosecond)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2002, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-suntan-lotion/117483/2 "2002-07-05T14:00:50Z")

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