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Posted: 2024-04-16T22:55:20Z | Updated: 2024-04-16T22:55:20Z

Reality TV star Kristin Cavallari has a hot take on sunscreen thats getting burned on social media.

The Hills star received backlash for saying that she doesnt wear sunscreen after a clip of her Lets Be Honest podcast went viral this week.

Dr. Andrea Suarez, a dermatologist who regularly shares skin care-related content online under the name Dr. Dray, pushed back on Cavallaris remarks in a TikTok video posted Monday.

Suarez warned about the dangers of skin cancer while addressing claims from the podcast that suggested sunscreen may be unnecessary.

A representative for Cavallari did not immediately return HuffPosts request for comment.

In the podcast clip, which came from a Lets Be Honest episode released in January, Cavallari discussed sun exposure with a guest named Ryan Monahan, who practices functional and Eastern medicine, according to his website .

I want to discuss the sun and sunscreen, which I know is controversial, Cavallari told Monahan. I dont wear sunscreen. And anytime I do an interview I get a lot of shit when I admit that I dont.

She then asked Monahan to discuss the health benefits of the sun and why we maybe dont need sunscreen.

Its a very controversial topic, which is so funny because its the sun, he said. Weve literally spent our whole existence as humans under the sun all day until the last hundred years or so.

He then said that many people live an inflammatory lifestyle.

If you live an anti-inflammatory lifestyle, you take a lot of antioxidant supplementation and you work up your base coat in the sun, you can start to tolerate the sun instead of burning, he said, adding that hes previously built up enough tolerance that he could be in the sun for the whole day without any sunscreen.

In her TikTok video, Suarez argued that theres more emphasis on sun protection nowadays due in part to the fact that people are living longer .

She also addressed the claim about antioxidants providing sun protection. Although anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds found in some foods can help the skin be better equipped ... to handle some of the damaging consequences of ultraviolet radiation, she said that this doesnt protect your skin from UV rays.