Getting and keeping healthy skin involves a lot more than washing your face. It’s about protecting your skin from the sun, dryness, dirt, cuts and scratches, rashes, and maybe even the wrong foods. Though summertime puts a focus on the need for the right sunscreen, you really should focus on healthy skin all year long. […]
The best way to protect yourself from skin cancer is to avoid getting a sun burn. That means NOT laying out in the sun with no shade, unlike this person. But after you’ve taken all the right steps – stayed out of the sun between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., worn a hat and long sleeves, […]
The recent post on sunscreen generated several e-mails that are worth sharing here. One reader worried that many sunscreens rely on nanotechnology, which manipulates particles that are smaller than 100 nanometers (nm); for comparison, a human hair is about 80,000 nm in diameter. Some research indicates that nanoparticles of titanium dioxide, which makes it easier […]
If it’s not protecting you from UVA, the sun rays linked to skin cancer and immune system problems, it could be. According to the latest analysis from scientists at Environmental Working Group (EWG), only 16% of sunscreen products are both safe and effective (i.e., they’ll protect you from sunburn and skin cancer, remain stable in […]
