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Sunscreen and SPF: What You Really Need to Know
The days of wearing nothing more than a bikini and a smear of baby oil between your skin and the sun are long past. However, the quick trip to the drugstore for a generic bottle of SPF 15 seems almost as obsolete. As a recent article in the New York Times reports, with terms like [...]
Causes of Sun Damage
Ultraviolet radiation (UV) Everyone recognizes that chronic overexposure to sunlight plays a role in skin aging and the development of skin cancer. UV radiation is the main environmental factor that causes skin aging and makes us need a wrinkle cure. While human skin is like other organs, it is the only one in direct contact [...]
