If you use a good sunscreen every day for a year, your face might look smoother, brighter, and have fewer dark spots over time.

If you use sunscreen every day for a year, your skin might look smoother, clearer, and more even in color — and in one small study, everyone’s skin got better in these ways.

If you put sunscreen on your face every day for a year, you’ll likely see the biggest improvement in those patchy brown spots and dark freckles caused by sun damage.

Using sunscreen every day with SPF 30 or higher can help your skin look smoother, clearer, and less wrinkled over several months by protecting it from sun damage.

Using sunscreen every day can make your face look smoother and clearer, and you’ll start noticing the difference after about 3 months — with even better results after a full year.

People who use strong sunscreen after age 25 are more likely to get skin cancer — but this is probably because they spend more time in the sun, not because the sunscreen itself causes cancer.