Sundicators Lend a Helping Hand Sundicators would like to take a moment and salute all of those people whose responsibility it is to watch over and protect the special needs and disabled members of our communities. Together you are invaluable, and provide countless beneficial services to our society every day. We know that some of the … Read more
Sunscreen Came Over on the Mayflower? Do you believe this? When the Pilgrims set sail for the New World in 1620, among the essentials stored in the Mayflower’s cargo hold were several cases of commercial sunscreen? No? Well, it’s because that isn’t true. Sunscreen did not come over on the Mayflower. However with what we … Read more
Snowbirds Need Sun Protection Too Up here in the north, our waterfowl aren’t all who head out of the region for the winter. When the mercury falls our Snowbirds also sprint for the warmth of points south and west, until the robins can be heard singing their songs again. If the snowbird set includes you, … Read more
We like to have fun with our blog from time to time. And when better to do so than around our most popular holidays? Now of course, we exist primarily to bring you a continual stream of information and tips to help you maintain and protect the good health of your skin…but it’s Halloween, and … Read more
As October rolls around in the east and north, the weather gets both colder and bolder. And the athletes among us Yankees start to shift some of our athletic activities indoors. However that doesn’t mean every outdoor sport gets mothballed for the season up here. We hearty folk will frolic outside till long after the … Read more
Skin Trauma: Photosensitivity / Phototoxicity There are myriad ways that UV exposure from sunlight can negatively impact your skin and health. Several have already been mentioned in previous blog posts, and today I want to talk about one we haven’t discussed yet: photosensitivity and skin trauma. Photosensitivity is an allergic reaction to sunlight which, as its name … Read more
Hero: Samantha Channels of Got Sunblock? I first met my hero Samantha Channels in 2010 through social media. This extraordinarily beautiful woman, a lifelong Hawaiian, was much younger than me. And at the time we first became friends, she was taking care of her four children while having fought her way through years’ worth of struggles … Read more