With blonde hair and big blue eyes, she looked like a young Betty Draper from Mad Men. My patient, Julie, had been faithfully treating her acne for months. Just when she was starting to clear (in time for her senior photos), wham! Red dots cropped up over her forehead and cheeks. What went wrong? Summertime. [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Sunscreens Cause Acne! (and Other Fun Summer Acne Facts!)
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged Acne, bacne, doxycycline, retin-A, sensitive, skin, sunburn, sunscreen, tips 29 Comments
Where Are You More Likely To Sunburn: Beach Or Mountains?
While vacationing in Idaho and Montana last week (blissfully off the grid), I experienced something beautiful: altitude. At 6,260 feet Stanley, Idaho is a mile higher than my home in San Diego. The skies there were a brilliant blue. There was daylight well after 10 PM. The mornings were a chilly 35 degrees. And I got [...]
Dermdoc Drills Down Vitamin D in High Def!
You know the sun makes vitamin D. Did you know that it does so in just minutes? After a few minutes of sun, your skin stops making vitamin D. After a few minutes of sun, your skin starts making skin cancer. Lying out at the beach or the pool for hours this summer will do [...]
Skin Cancer Is More Common On Which Side?
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Sunscreens Cause Skin Cancer? What?!
Just what you needed: another mixed message about your health. The top health story this Memorial Weekend was sunscreens might cause skin cancer. The story originated from the Environmental Working Group (EWG), a nonprofit organization that “protect(s) the most vulnerable… from health problems attributed to a wide array of toxic contaminants.” EWG announced their list of best [...]
Posted in Uncategorized Tagged cancer, retinyl, Skin Cancer, sunscreen, vitamin a, vitamin D 35 Comments
