May is Melanoma Awareness Month. Throughout May we’ll be bringing you a variety of posts that highlight topics specifically to do with Melanoma and sun skin damage. Today’s post is about how important partners can be when it comes to Home Skin Exams and monitoring each other’s skin health. Recently, we posted a piece about … Read more
Odds are, if you were born in the 1980’s or earlier, you’ve seen the late, great John Hughes’ magnum opus Planes, Trains Automobiles, starring Steve Martin and the equally late, great John Candy. However, its title is not just the initial introduction to a movie. In this instance, it also serves as reminder of a … Read more
May is Melanoma Awareness Month, and throughout it we’ll intermittently bring you blog posts focused on a specific result from, or contributor to, irreversible sun damage to the skin. Today’s focus is on risks associated with Athletes, Extreme Sports and Sun Exposure In a previous post we went over the importance of wearing sunscreen while participating … Read more
May is Melanoma Awareness Month, and throughout it we’ll bring you occasional blog posts that are focused on a specific result from, or contributor to, sun skin damage. Today’s focus is on the on the increase of Pediatric Melanoma and skin cancer. While Melanoma is still very uncommon in young children, in recent years the … Read more
May is Melanoma Awareness Month, and all throughout the month of May we’ll be bringing you intermittent blog posts that are focused on a specific result from, or contributor to, sun skin damage. Today’s focus is on Ocular Melanoma. Just a quick note up front. While this is primarily a skin health care blog, because … Read more
Got Freckles? There are a lot of visible characteristics that make us unique to others. Some of us are tall, some of us short. Our hair styles can vary widely. You get the idea. But sometimes, it’s our skin’s traits that allow us to stand out; to be even more memorable. Think of the legendary … Read more
If you manage to forget how important taking sun-safety precautions are before going outside for any length of time, there’s a fairly good chance you’ll find yourself sporting a painful sunburn. If that should ever occur, (with any luck no more than once) it’ll hopefully serve as a reminder not to let it happen again. … Read more