Have sensitive skin that gets irritated by sunscreens? Avoid so-called “chemical blockers” containing ingredients like Mexoryl, Parsol 1789, Helioplex, PABA and Oxybenzone, and instead pick a “physical blocker” sunscreen that relies on titanium dioxide or, even better, zinc oxide. Not only are titan ...
So, the summer is fast approaching and most of us are starting to pull out all of our old sunscreen bottles and thinking about buying more. Hopefully, my regular patients are already applying sunscreen on a daily basis at least to their face, neck, chest and hands. If you are not you should be, beca ...
We learned in my previous blog that sunscreen is your best protection against visible skin aging and skin cancer. You are now ready to go out and purchase your summer supply of sunscreen, so let’s run down a few of the basic rules before you break out your wallet. 1. Basically, SPF protects you from ...
Skin cancer has been rising to surprising levels. There are simple ways to protect yourself and those that you love. Skin cancer is more prevalent today than any other time in history. Baby Boomers have begun to show all the signs of being the largest generation with skin cancer. Little was said dur ...
Skin cancer has been rising to surprising levels. There are simple ways to protect yourself and those that you love. Skin cancer is more prevalent today than any other time in history. Baby Boomers have begun to show all the signs of being the largest generation with skin cancer. Little was said dur ...
DEFENDING AND PROMOTING THE SUN (AGAIN!) On Mercola.com there is a great article about how Vitamin D, given to us FREE from the sun, can help prevent and fight cancer. http://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2009/01/20/the-overwhelming-evidence-that-sunlight-fights-cancer.aspx For many ye ...
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