Don't Forget The Ears!

Skin inflammation of the ear skin

Shampoos, cleaning compounds on your glasses, and chemicals from your hands can cause the skin condition pictured here. Ears can also burn, they can dry out and get flakey patches,  and they can get moles. It's important to get sunscreen that will be protective but not greasy and irritating to the ears or surrounding scalp. In this picture the ear is very irritated and inflamed, and yet will still need sun protection. The inert compounds in powdered sunscreen such as what is available through Hada Cosmetic Medicne's Colorescience line can provide protection which will enable protection against the ravages of the sun, and in this case, in addition to treatment, the skin can be shielded safely.

Sun Screen and Sun Exposure

In 1855 the original "Sun Doctor" Arnold Rikli began offering light therapy to treat a variety of disorders, but he didn't really know it wasn't strictly beneficial! But sun worshiping has never actually been far out of style! We do now have studies that say sun exposure, and other UV light exposure ,causes various forms of skin damage from solar keratoses to melanoma and squameous cell carcinoma. It was once thought that as long as you didn't burn the skin, it was a safe way to tan. Ambre Solaire was thus invented so you could use to 'bronze but not burn,' in 1935. Thus the orginal  tanning lotion  brain child of Eugene Schueller who went on to found the parent company  of L'Oreal. But ever since that has led us to get more sun exposure, not less, and been under the mistaken idea that there is a safe way to tan. Medical studies have tried to increase specific knowledge about what the true risks are, and how to best avoid. So instead of enhance your tan, fashionable or not, we encourage covering up, and to that end sunscreen has been the most effective.  The data presented in the media has been confusing when we've shown that sun screen use has actually increased melanomas, but quickly clarified to determine that people who use sun screen actually go out in the sun more, so they are much more exposed to sunlight. Some of this may be due to better UVA than UVB protection, and in general, if you are getting tan, the sun's effect is on your skin, whether you didn't burn or whether you did. More details can be found in this article in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.And if you managed to have skin sun damage you would like to reverse, that that is something that is very possible, call for an appointment!

Pretty Your Nails Save Your Skin

You may need to be more aggressive with sunscreen and antioxidant use on your hands than you have been in the past. For women who regularly go to tanning salons and dry their nails with UV light, the look of the polish is flawless, but it's intense UV light exposure and could up the risk of skin cancer on your hands. Solutions: yes, now and then air dry if you have the time, or simple fan use for polish setting that that doesn't involve light activation, and most importantly start thinking of how to reverse sun damage on the hands. This could be done with anti-oxidant use or laser IPL treatments. Most potent anti-oxidants to consider: Vit C, coffee-berry, green tea.