Resources
PATIENT NEWSLETTER
Fashion in the Sun: Maximizing your
Protection (pdf)
Many are not aware that the sun’s ultraviolet radiation can, to varying
degrees, penetrate glass and clothing. Over time, particularly in high risk
individuals such as those with a past history of melanoma or pre-existing
sun damage, the attacks on the skin by these rays can add up, leading to
problems such as skin cancer.
Myths Versus Truths About Vitamin D and the Sun (pdf)
Make sure you have your facts straight.
Antioxidants in Sunscreens: Not
ready for Prime Time! (pdf)
Vitamins, supplements, and “age defying” skin creams touting antioxidant
ingredients all vie for consumer’s attention. However, there
is little scientific evidence to document a benefit from these agents. Surely
fruits and vegetables are essential to overall health and provide important
benefits for proper functioning, but there are no controlled studies utilizing
antioxidants which prove their ability to alter cell aging and damage.
Sunscreens (pdf)
Sunscreens: What you need to know. Sunscreens can modify one of the biggest
risk factors for skin cancer-sun exposure.
The Science of Staying
Young (pdf)
The Science of Staying Young: Resolutions for the New Year! There is no way
around the fact that every body and everything ages biologically over time-truly
a process that everyone grieves over. There are many
practical steps to maintain skin as it ages and to fight against the external
factors that cause these changes.