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The Best Diet for Healthy Skin In 2012

The Best Diet for Healthy Skin In 2012

Did you make a New Year’s Resolution to eat better in 2012?  I’m checking in with you and encouraging you to stick to it.  Trust me, your diet matters to your skin health! Right about now that New Year’s Resolution enthusiasm might start falling off.  I’m noticing, for example, that it’s getting easier to find [...]

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Does Sunscreen Prevent Skin Cancer?

Does Sunscreen Prevent Skin Cancer?

Hot off the press! The answer is…. NOT ENTIRELY, and the reason applies 365 days a year! Just reported in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, UVA1 is more cancer causing than we thought.  UVA1 is the hardest part of the sun’s UV rays to block with sunscreen.  It’s different from the sunburn ray UVB, and [...]

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Do You Need Sunscreen in Winter, Or In The Morning and After 4pm?

Do You Need Sunscreen in Winter, Or In The Morning and After 4pm?

You know that you should protect your skin from the summer sun, but what about the rest of the year? And what about the morning and late afternoon, do you know if that sun will cause wrinkles, age spots and skin cancer? You’ve noticed that the sun feels weaker in the non-summer months and in [...]

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Does using a daily moisturizer with SPF 15 give you enough sun protection?

Does using a daily moisturizer with SPF 15 give you enough sun protection?

Patients ask me this all the time. If you’re not out in the sun at all during the day then it may give you adequate sun protection.  If, however, you plan to be outside for more than a quick run to your car, then that daily moisturizer with SPF 15 is probably giving you a [...]

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A Close and Intimate Encounter With A Whale

This 8 minute video is amazing, moving and worth a look.  I know it’s not my usual skin care and skin health content, but for me it’s the sort of experience that gives life those ‘high notes’.  Watch Michael Fishbach and his crew in their intimate, emotional and close encounter with a humpback whale that [...]

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Do UV Sun Rays Go Through Windows?

Do UV Sun Rays Go Through Windows?

The answer is yes, usually some important UV rays do come through window glass. Recently a reader sent me this question as a comment to one of my blog posts.  It’s such a great question, and one patients often ask me, so I decided to make an Ask Dr. Bailey post out. You may think [...]

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