Can Your Hairstyle Prevent Skin Cancer?

May is Melanoma Awareness Month, and all throughout May we’ll bring you blog posts that focus on a specific result from, or contributor to, sun skin damage. Today, we’ll be focusing on how your Hairstyle can actually be a defense against skin cancer. When the topic of conversation turns to the quality of Canadian singer … Read more

Don’t Fry Day 2016

May is Melanoma Awareness Month. And just as it’s kicked off every year with Melanoma Monday, it begins its wind down with Don’t Fry Day. Don’t Fry Day is celebrated annually on the fourth Friday of May, and in 2016 it falls on May 27th. As you know, that’s today; so of course it’s no … Read more

Home Skin Exams: Your Partner Has Your Back

Home Skin Exams will save a life

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

Wrinkle Relief in the Form of a “Second Skin”

May is Melanoma Awareness Month, and all throughout May we’ll be bringing you blog posts that focus on a specific result from, or contributor to, sun skin damage. Today we’ll be focusing on the very real potential for wrinkle relief. The wheels of science never stop turning, and it’s a great thing for mankind that … Read more

Planes, Trains, Automobiles, Your Skin

Planes, Trains, Automobiles

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

Ocular Melanoma: What to Keep an ‘Eye’ Out For

Ocular Melanoma Risks

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? Natures Natural Sun Defense

Got Freckles?

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