I made this video while at the Lance Armstrong Foundation Headquarters in Austin, TX to help people understand why tanning is an unsafe way to get your vitamin D. Your skin needs UVB to make vitamin D. Many tannning beds use little or no UVB, so they wouldn’t increase your vitamin D levels. Tanning beds [...]
Monthly Archives: May 2010
Why Tanning Is An Unsafe Way To Get Vitamin D
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged lance armstrong, livestrong, melanoma, Skin Cancer, tanning, vitamin D 4 Comments
Can You Be Allergic To the Sun?
You know that the sun increases the risk of skin cancer for most people. You probably don’t know that for some people, the sun is the source of a terrible itchy rash — they’re allergic to the sun. The radiation from the sun triggers some response in everyone’s skin. In some, the radiation triggers an [...]
Behold, The Holy Grail of Wrinkle Creams: A Topical Botox
You think Apple’s new 4G iPhone is hot? I was at a coffee bar in Redwood City yesterday, minding my own business when I found a tube of medication. Someone had accidently left a tube of topical Botox at the bar. Was this a plant? Is this the real prototype or just a fake? What [...]
Posted in Cosmetics Tagged botox, botulinum toxin, cosmetic, gel, hyperhidrosis, sweating, topical, wrinkles 20 Comments
