Over half of our exposureto the sun occurs before we turn 18, and researchers at the Center for Dermatology Research at Wake Forest Universityare asking pediatricians to educate parents and children about sun exposure and skin cancer prevention. Currently,pediatricians are not speaking to patients about sun exposure safety habits. According to The Skin Foundation, to reduce skin cancer [...]
Dimericine, a lotion created to be used the day after a sunburn to protect against some forms of skin cancer, might win FDA approval in the next two years. It’s not a magic bullet that allows sun worshippers to return to the old ways of tanning without consequence. Spend too much time in the sun and wrinkles are [...]
I keep thinking about my ongoing negative relationship with the sun, how it burns me time and time again, how I keep trying to fine-tune my approach to dealing with this deadly force. Today, I have arrived at two new thoughts. 1. There was a time when I wanted a tan. I’d accept a burn even, in [...]