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What’s The Best Sun Protection for Swimming, Hiking, Gardening, Outdoor Sports, and for People Who Work Outside?

What’s The Best Sun Protection for Swimming, Hiking, Gardening, Outdoor Sports, and for People Who Work Outside?

Does your sun protection hold up to your toughest, most active outdoor activities? When you’re out in the sun for hours, sweating swimming or working hard, you need low maintenance sun protection that you can rely on.   I created my SunSavvy Active-Sport Sun Protection Kit to take care of your skin when you’re too busy [...]

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The Best Sun Protection For Your Skin

The Best Sun Protection For Your Skin

A gentle reminder from the dermatologist: Your skin deserves the best sun protection which means: Covering up, sunscreen alone isn’t enough, and remember the fabric that most summer clothes are made from doesn’t give you very good protection. For intense sun exposure, buy sun protective clothing or use SunGuard to make sun protective clothing from [...]

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The Best SunSavvy Summer Skin Care

The Best SunSavvy Summer Skin Care

Skimpy summer fashions put you skin on display. Are you proud of how great your skin looks in summer clothes? Do you have a sure-fire strategy to protect it from sun damage? Skin care is seasonal and in summer that’s especially true!  There are a few simple tricks for the best summer skin care  so [...]

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The Best Sun Savvy Skin Care for Summer

The Best Sun Savvy Skin Care for Summer

Is your skin ready for summer?  Do you know everything you need to for Preventing summer sun damage Getting your skin in great shape to show it off in summer’s fashions There are simple tricks for the best seasonal skin care and summer’s no exception! I’ve helped my patients seasonally tweak their skin care for [...]

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How to treat a sunburn?

How to treat a sunburn?

The pain, redness and occasional blistering that you experience when you have a sunburn happens because you exposed your skin to more sun than it was designed to handle. The burn tells you that you have both damaged DNA and damaged skin cells, and for these there is no fix. You can relieve the symptoms [...]

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Dermatologist Explains the New 2011 FDA Rule Governing Sunscreens- What’s Changed and What You Need To Know

Dermatologist Explains the New 2011 FDA Rule Governing Sunscreens- What’s Changed and What You Need To Know

The good news about the FDA’s new sunscreen rule is that you’ll find it easier to pick a trustworthy sunscreen. You’re also going to get a lot of ‘reality check’ info on the back of your sunscreen product, lest you forget that the sun is bad for your skin. All in all, the 2011 FDA [...]

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